Apple Thoughts: Legal Wrangling over 'Pod'

"We assure ourselves that words will never hurt us, but they can cost a lot of time and money when it comes to trademark battles. Take the story of Daniel Kokin, who is continuing to fight Apple over a three-letter word: Pod."

This guy has been working on what he calls the "Video Pod" for over 9 years, a device that is designed to play video from DVD players and other devices but surprisingly enough not from iPods. Perhaps that is why Apple is so upset, he left them out of the loop. Seriously though, they think the name "pod" is going to confuse some people and that consumers believe anything with "pod" in it is made by Apple. That is a stretch, but at least Kokin will get his day in court as the summary judgement Apple requested was denied. This is just silly of Apple, and a waste of time and money. Or perhaps I'm off base. What are your thoughts?