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After having to change their name from Sky Drive to One Drive following a trademark dispute, I think maybe Microsoft might have something to say about Google calling their online storage solution "One" as well.

I mean come on, I know it's a very generic name, but it's nearly identical to one of their biggest competitors in this exact space.

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It's even worse. They already have something called Android One. I'm sure this won't cause any confusion.

I honestly cannot keep up with Google's constant brand churn. I have never heard of Android One. I'll probably forget what Google One is by next week, because it's just plans on Google Drive which itself was born out of Docs, and so on.

I thought this was an announcement about Android One when I read the headline.

And MS has Xbox One. What's with all the 1s?

What about the people who manage their 1&1 server from their OnePlus One?

They just keep track of it in OneNote.

"One" is not a name, it's a number. It's also "Google One" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a Microsoft offering.

Microsoft OneDrive

Google One

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Both in storage?

That's a massive trademark dispute waiting to happen. People will easily start assuming OneDrive refers to Google's offering and confuse the hell out of them.

Moreover, adding to the confusion, it is (Google) ONE for (Google) DRIVE

The immediate precedent I see for this is Drop/Box, but there are indications that their particular dispute was settled privately (https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-Box-go-after-Dropbox-for-tra...).

I don't see that happening here.

It's not Google One for Google Drive. Its just Google One. (Yes, Google Drive is one of the other Google products that uses Google One storage but Google One is branding to detach the storsge space from the Drive brand, not connected to it.

“Sky” is not a name, it’s the blue thing up there. It's also "Microsoft SkyDrive" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a SkyTV offering.

Did I do it right?

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