Talk:Future Gadgets/@comment-222.165.15.198-20150819085341/@comment-71.189.53.206-20151001215354

The names of the items in the article is correct as in the game. It's done this way because of trademark and copyright concerns. The creators don't want to be sued. To use the actual names would require permission of the owner of that property/name. It's the reason that you'll often see slightly-mangled product names like "Pokky" (Pocky) and "Wcdonalds" (McDonalds) in other anime/manga/games. If you see a real brand, it's a good chance that the owner either gave permission or is a show sponsor (such as Pizza Hut in the Japan release of Code Geass).

Likewise, the same reasoning is why CERN is spelled SERN and the IBM 5100, a real computer, is called the IBN 5100.