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The way the judges worded this decision makes it a lot less of a slippery slope. This was only accepted because it was an "Immediate and essential need for nourishment." I expect that if more people started stealing, they'd be put through a court process to prove that they were in this condition.

What this doesn't do is fix the problem though, it just recognizes a symptom. Why are these people forced to resort to stealing?

In the world of product branding and trademarks, companies pay people to make sure they're not stepping on toes and opening themselves up to be sued. To have a product that does the same thing and is called almost the same thing is pretty sketchy. The smartest thing for Dropbox to do is just rename it, especially since it hasn't launched.