This is not the first time that Sky and Microsoft have been at odds with each other. Microsoft famously had to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service to OneDrive in 2013 after the UK television ...

Skype has rebranded with a new logo that brings it more in line with other Microsoft products. Skype is a video chat and instant messaging platform, which was bought by technology company Microsoft in ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Skype has been using part of this logo for a while, but it appears the broader ...

Microsoft has been told that it cannot trademark the name of its Skype internet phone service – because it sounds too similar to Sky. The General Court of the European Union has ruled that Skype's ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. At first it seems the clip is simply an old concept, like similar ones ...

An EU court has ruled that similarities between the Skype and Sky logos mean there is a “likelihood” the two will be confused. The decision by the General Court of the European Union means that Skype ...

The General Court of the European Union has prevented Microsoft from registering the Skype name and logo claiming that it might be mistaken for telecommunications company Sky. Judges at the EU court ...

Skype is no more, as Microsoft is retiring the once-popular video calling service on Monday. Shutting down Skype will help the software giant focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its ...

Skype, the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service, will be history come May. It was so popular that people used it as a verb: "I'll Skype you in the morning." Microsoft, which ...

The EU has ruled the Skype and Sky brand names are too similar and will lead to consumer confusion. Skype's bubbly logo – which the court thought resembled an illustration of a cloud – would only ...

For decades, Skype has been a cornerstone of online communication, connecting millions around the globe through voice and video calls. However, the iconic service is set to retire on May 5 as ...