Google denied trademark on Nexus One

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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives..._nexus_one.php

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by McFroger3

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives..._nexus_one.php

Thoughts?

I read this last night, and then I saw Nexus One announcement from Sprint today lol

I guess neither Google nor the carriers give a f---

Google will probably make them an offer $$ for the name that they can't refuse.

Integra Telecom's seeing a lot of "green" in their future. Just from the statement made in the article I vision the spokeman rubbing his hands together. Something will be worked out... monetarily.

Integra offers both dynamic (Novus®) and fixed bandwidth (Nexus®) integrated T1

I don't know how the word "nexus" got trademarked in the first place.
Its a word in the dictionary!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nexus
I wonder If "the" is trademarked?

Another reason the patent system (USPTO) needs an overhaul....
BTW, I tried a search for "Nexus" at the USPTO site and got 444 results! ( www.uspto.gov )

Originally Posted by britoso

I don't know how the word "nexus" got trademarked in the first place.
Its a word in the dictionary!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nexus
I wonder If "the" is patented ?

Another reason the patent system (USPTO) needs an overhaul....
BTW, I tried a search for "Nexus" at the USPTO site and got 444 results! ( www.uspto.gov )

apple is also a word in the dictionary..... just saying.

Originally Posted by britoso

I don't know how the word "nexus" got trademarked in the first place.
Its a word in the dictionary!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nexus
I wonder If "the" is patented ?

Another reason the patent system (USPTO) needs an overhaul....
BTW, I tried a search for "Nexus" at the USPTO site and got 444 results! ( www.uspto.gov )

Trademarks have nothing to do with patents. You can trademark any word (or made up word) for use in branding a product as long as nobody is already using (i.e. has already registered) the same word for another product in that industry. Even if it is a common old everyday word.

Patents are registrations of "how" to do things and have to be clever and "new" and such - and their descriptions are very wordy and it is not much of a surprise that the word "nexus" appears in a lot of them.

Originally Posted by flarbear

Patents are registrations of "how" to do things and have to be clever and "new" and such

Technically you are correct, however, the jokers at the patent office seem to have forgotten the "how" part and have been granting patents on the "end result" lately.

This shouldn't really matter to anyone except investors or Google. As consumers, we are just users of the product and names have no significance to us.

That being said, I think the name Nexus One is cool and much better than Milestone or Droid or Hero.

maybe it should be renamed to....Nexus None.

*rim shot*