James Bond franchise owners request more time to defend control of 007 spy name https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/27/james-bond-franchise-owners-request-more-time-to-defend-control-of-007-spy-name
Dubai-based property developer has challenged trademark registrations over lack of use
#trademark #franchises #nonuse #Bond #007

iPods, Ataris, and Polaroids: a personal inventories study of out-of-use electronics in Swiss households

> The retention of old electronic devices is a practice of importance to sustainability and ubicomp. In this research, we aim to understand people's reasons for keeping out-of-use electronic devices. Using the Personal Inventories qualitative method we conducted 17 in-home visits to learn what technologies people keep and explore their relationships with...

#obsolescence #nonuse

Not a fan of behavioral interventions but through their design and experimental setups they touch upon interesting factors.

"MyTime: Designing and Evaluating an Intervention for Smartphone Non-Use"
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858403

See also "AppDetox: helping users with mobile app addiction"
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2541831.2541870

ping @nolwennm @leamosss & @thomasthibault for the parameter paper

#design #nonuse