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Saddly the Xperia Blog and Xperia X10 blog are shutting down

http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/10/19/sony-ericsson-forces-us-to-close-xperiablog-net/

Last Post

It is with great sadness that we have to bring you the news that this will be the last post on this website. Sony Ericsson has filed a formal complaint about the use of the trademarked ‘Xperia’ name in our domain name and have requested that the domain names, including that of XperiaX10.net, be transferred to them.

Sony Ericsson is alleging that we have used the domain names in “bad faith”. We are stunned and disappointed that Sony Ericsson, a company that we have spent much of our free personal time in promoting, especially the Xperia brand, has decided to take this formal action against us. After all we are just like you, passionate Sony Ericsson users, who have strived to bring the community breaking news and an independent viewpoint.

We do not have the resources to fight Sony Ericsson on this and therefore this is the last you will hear from us. Sony Ericsson has made great strides in its Xperia portfolio, especially in listening to the community. This makes it all the more confusing as to why Sony Ericsson would want to shut us down. We genuinely believe that 2012 could be a bumper year for the company, we just wish we could have been there along for the ride.

All the best.

Tej

uliwooly-wooly

I was about to post this

http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/11/21/we%E2%80%99re-back-xperiablog-net-reaches-an-agreement-with-son...

We’re back! XperiaBlog.net reaches an agreement with Sony Ericsson

We are delighted to report that we have come to an agreement with Sony Ericsson that means our two affected blogs (XperiaBlog.net and XperiaX10.net) will remain open. The downtime we have experienced since October 18th was unfortunate but necessary whilst we were in communication with Sony Ericsson to resolve this matter.

Sony Ericsson contacted us to let us know that it appreciates our support of its products and the efforts we have put into developing these blogs. They also appreciate the engagement of blogs like these and consumers who visit these sites. Sony Ericsson dropped the initial complaint and we have instead reached an agreement so that we can keep the domain names and continue to work on the site. Just to reassure you, there will be no change to our editorial independence under this arrangement. We will continue to give you our honest opinion about Sony Ericsson’s strategy and its smartphones.

We would like to thank all of our readers for your overwhelming support. Many people got in touch or left comments in support of our work. We apologise for the absence of any updates for the last few weeks (this was necessary in order for negotiations to progress) but we will strive to continue where we left off – covering the latest Sony Ericsson Xperia news and reviews to the best of our ability.

The recent news regarding Sony’s acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in the Sony Ericsson joint venture leaves us even more excited about developments for the company’s future smartphones. Thankfully, we will now be there sharing our thoughts through every step of the journey.

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Johan

This is new information for me as well and I'm digging for more information about this as we speak.

I'll update you as soon as I have any news.

uliwooly-wooly

thanx

uliwooly-wooly

Please keep us updated it on this, btw any news on my Original account

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I want to add my voice so Sony Ericsson doesn't think that nobody cares and that such actions have no consequences.

I doubt SE really cares, since people like me are not going to make much of a difference to the bottom line of SE's accounts, but there are people out there who have been your embassadors and this move is going to make you lose some of them.

Personally, these news put me off buying SE phones ever again and I will stop recommending them to other people too.