14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud-storage service will get a new name soon, after it was found to infringe on a trademark owned by British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB).
The company has agreed to change the name of its product worldwide, yet it did not provide specific info on the matter as of yet, The Verge reports.
“We're glad to have resolution of this naming dispute, and will continue to deliver the great service our hundreds of millions of customers expect, providing the best way to always have your files with you,” Microsoft reportedly said in a statement.
The agreement also involves some financial terms, yet Microsoft did not disclose further details on this. Microsoft will continue using the SkyDrive name for "for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand," BSkyB stated.
This is the second name change that Microsoft has to perform to one of its products, after it stopped using the Metro term for Windows 8’s interface following a similar European legal dispute.