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Motorola Trademark Holdings registers Motorola Turn domains [UPDATED]

Post author By J.B.
Post date March 16, 2012
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This week, Motorola Trademark Holdings registered several domain names around the word “Turn” for some type of new consumer product.

The domain purchases include names such as MotoTurn.com and MotorolaTurn.com.

It’s unknown at this time what may come of the Motorola Turn. Will it be a mobile phone? A tablet? Or some other product or accessory?

In mid February, the US Department of Justice approved the merger of Google and Motorola Mobility.

Here’s the full list of names that were registered on March 14, 2012, each of which are located on MotorolaMobility.com DNS servers according to the Whois records.

http://whois.domaintools.com/moto-turn.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/motorola-turn.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/motorolaturn.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/mototurn.com

[Update 1 on March 25:. Motorola filed a trademark application (Serial Number: 85569635) for MOTOTURN on March 14, 2012, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The goods and services cover: “Set-top boxes; network access control, encryption and authorization software and services that allow Cable and Video Operators the capability to receive, process, control and distribute digital video, audio, and data services.”]

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(Image of Motorola at MWC 2012 via Motorola.com)

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Samsung files trademarks for Galaxy Emerge, Stellar, and Halo smartphones

Post author By J.B.
Post date March 7, 2012
2 Comments on Samsung files trademarks for Galaxy Emerge, Stellar, and Halo smartphones

On March 2, 2012, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. submitted trademark applications for the Galaxy Emerge (Serial Number: 85558647), the Galaxy Stellar (Serial Number: 85558639), and the Galaxy Halo (Serial Number: 85558619).

The goods and services described in each trademark filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office covers “Mobile phones; Smartphones“.

The Samsung Galaxy S II was recently named “Best Smartphone” by GSMA at Mobile World Congress 2012.

According to The Verge, “Samsung’s much sought-after Galaxy S III was on track for an April launch, but the company itself has taken to Twitter to refute these claims.”

At the time of this story, not much is known about Samsung’s plans for the Galaxy Emerge, Galaxy Stellar and Galaxy Halo smartphones.

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(Image of Mobile World Congress 2012 via Samsung.com)

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Could the Google-branded tablet be called the Google Play? [UPDATED]

Post author By J.B.
Post date March 2, 2012
9 Comments on Could the Google-branded tablet be called the Google Play? [UPDATED]

[Update 1 on March 6, 2012:. Google Play isn’t the name of Google’s upcoming tablet. The company announced that starting today, Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore will become part of Google Play.]

Original story on March 2, 2012:. Rumors have been swirling since late February that Google may launch a Google-branded 7-inch tablet later this year. So, what might it be called? How about the ‘Google Play’?

I like to speculate on new domain name registrations and this past week it appears Google registered a slew of domain names like Googleplayapps.com, Googleplaygames.com and Googleplaybooks.com, hinting at a new product or device that sure sounds a lot like a Google-tablet.

On February 29, well over a dozen domain names were registered through the brand protection company MarkMonitor.

The full list of names includes:

appsonplay.com
booksonplay.com
gamesonplay.com
googleplayapps.com
googleplaybooks.com
googleplaydownloads.com
googleplaygames.com
googleplaymagazines.com
googleplaymovies.com
googleplaymusic.com
googleplaynewspapers.com
googleplaynewsstand.com
googleplaytv.com
googleplayvideos.com
magazinesonplay.com
moviesonplay.com
newspapersonplay.com
tvonplay.com

Of course, Google hasn’t officially been confirmed as the buyer of the Google Play domains since the registrant is hidden behind Whois privacy, but Google regularly uses MarkMonitor to acquire domain names. Its own Google.com (Whois) is registered with MarkMonitor.

At the time of this posting, none of the names resolve to a web page.

This is all speculation at this point, but with the tablet expected to arrive in April, I’m guessing whatever the name is, we’ll see more news soon.

As of today, Google does not own GoogleTablet.com or GooglePlay.com.

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(Image of Google tablet concept via Chromium)

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Motorola files MOTOSMART, MOTOGO! trademarks for mobile and smartphones

Post author By J.B.
Post date February 25, 2012
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With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) set to begin shortly in Barcelona, Motorola has filed two new trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for MOTOSMART and MOTOGO!.

The goods and services in the MOTOSMART trademark filing (Serial Number: 85548438) cover, “Mobile phones and accessories therefor, namely battery chargers and power adaptors.”

The MOTOGO! filing (Serial Number: 85548421) is slightly different and covers, “Mobile phones, smartphones, and accessories therefor, namely battery chargers and power adaptors.”

Both applications were filed on February 21, 2012 by Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC.

At the time of this story being published, Motorola has yet to announce the MOTOSMART or MOTOGO! devices.

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Samsung files trademarks for Galaxy Axiom, Awaken, Heir, Rite smartphones

Post author By J.B.
Post date February 22, 2012
2 Comments on Samsung files trademarks for Galaxy Axiom, Awaken, Heir, Rite smartphones

With the Mobile World Congress less than a week away, Samsung has filed four new trademarks for smartphones with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

On February 16, 2012, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. submitted trademark applications for the Samsung Galaxy Rite (Serial Number: 85545292), the Samsung Galaxy Heir (Serial Number: 85545288), the Samsung Galaxy Awaken (Serial Number: 85545285), and the Samsung Galaxy Axiom (Serial Number: 85545284).

The goods and services in every single trademark filing cover the exact same thing: “Mobile phones; Smartphones”.

Samsung has yet to officially announce any of these new smartphones.

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(Photo of Samsung announcing the GALAXY Note via Samsung.com)

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