Saturday, March 20, 2010
"Nexus One" trademark denied to Google
Let's see isn't this embarrassing. Google applies for the Nexus One trademark and is denied because a small Oregon firm already owns the rights to the name. Somehow the genius minds at Google had failed to take into account the name.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office(PTO) recently denied Google's trademark application for "Nexus One" because Portland, Oregon-based Integra Telecom already has rights to the name. As first reported by TG Daily, the small telecommunications company registered "Nexus One" two years ago and uses it for its telecom services.
The company Integra does have trademark right for "Nexus" and is willing to Google about it. They are willing to discuss and make sure interests of both companies are met. Google however has said that they will fight the ruling.
Some how Google names seems to keep running into troubled waters.
Soon after the phone's launch, the family of late science fiction author Philip K. Dick asked Google to stop using the "Nexus One" name, which it says is too similar to the Nexus 6 cyborgs that appear in Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
The United States Patent and Trademark Office(PTO) recently denied Google's trademark application for "Nexus One" because Portland, Oregon-based Integra Telecom already has rights to the name. As first reported by TG Daily, the small telecommunications company registered "Nexus One" two years ago and uses it for its telecom services.
The company Integra does have trademark right for "Nexus" and is willing to Google about it. They are willing to discuss and make sure interests of both companies are met. Google however has said that they will fight the ruling.
Some how Google names seems to keep running into troubled waters.
Soon after the phone's launch, the family of late science fiction author Philip K. Dick asked Google to stop using the "Nexus One" name, which it says is too similar to the Nexus 6 cyborgs that appear in Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
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