So is there anything to the family's claim?

You may recall that the name had to be before it could be used by Motorola. In that instance, however, Lucas's company had explicitly trademarked the term for use in . What's more, Lucasfilm is widely credited with as a shortened version of "android," or human-like machine.

Dick's family, in contrast, does not hold a trademark on the Nexus One name. Plus, research the lexis and you'll learn that "nexus" is a fairly common term. It's defined as a place where things converge, and its roots are for "diction." Google, according to the Telegraph, says its phone is based on that common meaning -- not Dick's proper creation.

Given all of that, will Google give up the name of its shiny new phone? It sure doesn't seem likely. If anything, one would imagine it'd fork over some cash before forking over the Nexus name. Trying to rebrand the device, after all, would be a big forking mess.

If the Dick family does end up winning its fight, though, a word of warning to the companies behind the , , , , and -- most of all -- : You'd better watch your back.