Google files ‘Spot’ trademark, registers domains for programming [UPDATED]

J.B. | August 27, 2011 | Comments (4)

Updated November 30, 2011 at 5:39am EST: Google has now apparently acquired the domain name GoogleSpot.com through MarkMonitor. According to WHOIS records, the name switched hands on November 28. While MarkMonitor is listed as the registrant, Google regularly uses the brand protection service to secure domains.

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Looks like Google may have some sort of plan for its own programming language called ‘Spot’.

The search engine giant has filed a trademark application for ‘Spot’ according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The filing (Serial Number: 85403946) took place on August 22, 2011 and covers computer programs and downloadable computer programs that implement an object-oriented computer programming language.

At the same time Google was filing the trademark, it registered several domain names.

The registrations include domains such as spotlang.com, spotlanguage.net, spot-lang.com, and spot-lang.net.

Registrant:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US

         Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
        Registrar Homepage: http://www. markmonitor.com

    Created on…………..: 2011-08-22.
    Expires on…………..: 2013-08-22.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-08-23.

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