Psion, the British company previously known for their PDAs have staked their claim to the use of the term "netbook". Psion did produce a sub-notebook back in 2003 called the NetBook and as we can see it doesn't look to different to the current crop of machines from the likes of Asus et al.

Dell however are making a stand against Psion trying to overturn the supposed patent infringment. On top of that the Texas based computer giant is claiming that Psion are trying to fraudently utilise the patent to gain funds. With other netbook manufacturers more than likely to side with Dell on this, the plucky Brit better have their house in order (one would hope they did their research before trying to bite off more than they could chew).