Yet consider that they probably named that silly little electronic device ProfitPod only because a) it does actually kinda remind the guy of his iPod, b) calling things Pods sounds like it should be kinda cool right now, and c) using the Pod name in the product is sure to spark some sort of unconscious brand recognition among his customers. Although I think Apple is silly to go after everybody who puts 3 letters together, I also think this guy is a halfwitted moron who was almost begging Apple to write him threatening letters.
A) It doesn't look anything like an IPOD. It's a tiny wired module that looks like a car alarm. Nobody looks at it. It's a piece of a video game coin collection system.
B) That doesn't matter.
c) This has nothing to do with music or consumer electronics. You cannot trademark a common word and gain exclusive use of it in all domains. There is no way this could spark unconscious brand name recognition. And even if it did, so what? It has nothing to do with music or consumer electronics.
Apple doesn't own the word POD. Maybe if this dude made a portable music player, or a portable TV or a portable radio or something, and put POD in it.. but there is NO WAY you can confuse this with an IPOD.
POD is a common word. People have been using it for centuries before Steve Jobs decided it belonged to him and him alone.
MicroSoft Trademarked DirectX. Does that mean nobody can ever use the word "direct" ever again in reference to software?