Sony recently learned that you are selling a case for carrying an iPod personal stereo that is made from a WALKMAN tape player. The product is being offered at your website at www.retropod.com.It is a shame to see the end of RetroPod as it was a great idea I thought. However it is a case that couldn't be won as it is clearly an infringement of the Sony trademark.
Your use of casings for such a purpose is a clear infringement of the SONY and WALKMAN marks because it is deceptive. Consumers likely will be misled and deceived into believing that Sony is somehow connected with the iPod personal stereo when in fact it is not. Moreover, they will be misled into thinking that Sony is backward in its design of products and is going away from miniaturization, as the size of the tape player housing is quite large by today's standards.
Accordingly, we demand on behalf of Sony that you immediately cease and desist from selling, or offering to sell or distributing your Retropod product...
It crossed my mind that they could carry on with an altered design that no longer carried the Sony or Walkman logos but perhaps without them the product loses some of it's retro appeal and humour.
