[ltp] OT: Thinkpad maybe re-branded to IdeaPad

linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:58:23 -0600 (CST)


On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Laurent Gilson wrote:
>> This is earlier than Lenovo original agreement with IBM to keep the "IBM" 
>> brand for 5 years (2004-2009)
>
> They got the thinkpad-logo, not the IBM-logo.

Lenovo got the ThinkPad brand for eternity, and were allowed to use the 
IBM logo for five years.

If you look, IBM still hosts all the ThinkPad and Lenovo support pages. I 
hope those pages remain as functional from now on.

Chris