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This looks great. I'm a little bit confused though by motorola calling itself "a google company" .. wasn't motorola essentially sold to Lenovo?

Or did Google, in addition to the patents, keep the motorola brand?

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I assume, until the sale is cleared by regulatory bodies, contracts signed,and money exchanges hands, they are still 'A Google Company'

Sure, but a major product release tied to the Google brand like this seems to be coming at an odd time.

This watch, for better or worse, is now going to be seen as the Google watch.

So what where the options? Wait till the regulatory body approved the sale? Nobody will think this is a google watch except the same people that follow tech news - and therefore know about the sale.

Just drop "a google company" from your website (which is where people are buying your products). That seems like the most sensible option, unless there's now some indication that the deal may not go through.

There are a lot of rules about what a sold company can do. IANAL but it probably makes the most sense to just act as though you're not sold until the deal is final.

It's not sold until the deal is closed. Till then, it is a Google company.

You might want to double check this but I seem to recall that Google didn't sell all of Motorola to Lenovo, only the mobile division. This might explain that.

Yeah, the still retain the watch division, as well as the shoe division and shirt division.

I feel like you're being sarcastic but I'm not sure why. There's more to Motorola than just mobile.

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