Austrians strip Walkman trademark

Sony's lost the trademark on "Walkman" in Austria. No big loss, as Sony music appears to have strong-armed Sony electronics into giving up on digital personal stereos (Sony's MusicClip, which exclusively supported ass-tastic formats like OpenAG and Real was a total marketplace failure), ceding the market to formerly no-name Singaporean outfits like Creative and major Vaio competitors like Apple.

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