Google's Nexus One Faces New Woes

08.01.2010
The Nexus may be facing a mess(us).

The family of author Philip K. Dick is set to sue Google over its use of the name, according to a report published in the UK's . Dick wrote the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in 1968. The book, which later served as the basis for the movie Blade Runner, features a series of robots known as Nexus 6 models.

"In my mind, there is a very obvious connection to my father's novel," Isa Dick Hackett, the late author's daughter, has gone on the record as saying.

Sheesh -- and here I thought that was the phone's biggest problem.

The Nexus One Naming Question

Hackett apparently sent Google a letter on Wednesday telling the company to drop the name or face the consequences. Google reportedly maintains its use of the Nexus name has nothing to do with Dick's character.