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

Google

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.

Discussion: Engadget, Y Combinator, 9to5Google and Meneame

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Atari submits trademark for Atari Smash as it expands into social gaming

Atari

On the same day Atari announced it strengthened its senior management team as the company shifts its focus to casual gaming, the gaming company filed a trademark for a yet-to-be-announced game called “Atari Smash”.

The trademark application (Serial Number 85399951) was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 17, 2011.

Here’s a look at the filing:

Word Mark  ATARI SMASH

Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Electronic, video and multimedia game software for use on personal computers and electronic game playing machines; recorded computer game software programs; game software for computers, downloadable video game software

Standard Characters Claimed 

Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK

Filing Date August 17, 2011

Current Filing Basis 1B

Original Filing Basis 1B

Owner (APPLICANT) Atari Interactive, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 417 Fifth Avenue New York NEW YORK 10016

Attorney of Record Kristen J. Keller

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HTC Rhyme, HTC Enamor coming soon

HTC smartphone

HTC Corporation filed trademarks on August 10, 2011 for HTC Rhyme and HTC Enamor, hinting at that at least two new devices may be on the way by the smartphone and tablet device maker.

The trademark applications, four in total, cover computer hardware and software, as well as devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

Below are snippets of the actual trademark applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

HTC ENAMOR
Serial Number 85394703
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer hardware and software for enabling, operating, enhancing, customizing, updating and managing mobile, portable, smart, voice-over-internet-protocol, and wireless telephones, tablet computers and wireless devices; user interface software; computer hardware and software for delivering, enabling, creating, enhancing, customizing, updating, and managing user interfacing, telecommunications and telecommunications services; computer hardware and software for transmitting and receiving voice, image, data, audio, video and multimedia content; wireless modems; accessories for the above goods, namely, headsets, headsets with wireless transmission function, connection cables, stylus pens, phone and wireless communication device cradles, in-car phone mounts, face plates, replacement parts for the above-listed goods, batteries, power adaptors, phone and wireless communication device chargers, cases, pouches, in-vehicle phone and wireless communication device chargers, in-vehicle holders, remote controls, keyboards, microphones, and loudspeakers

HTC ENAMOR
Serial Number 85394677
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Mobile phones, smartphones, cellular phones, portable computers, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants and wireless handheld digital electronic devices for communicating, recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, storing, and reviewing text, data, image, and audio files

HTC RHYME
Serial Number 85394342
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer hardware and software for enabling, operating, enhancing, customizing, updating and managing mobile, portable, smart, voice-over-internet-protocol, and wireless telephones, tablet computers and wireless devices; user interface software; computer hardware and software for delivering, enabling, creating, enhancing, customizing, updating, and managing user interfacing, telecommunications and telecommunications services; computer hardware and software for transmitting and receiving voice, image, data, audio, video and multimedia content; wireless modems; accessories for the above goods, namely, headsets, headsets with wireless transmission function, connection cables, stylus pens, phone and wireless communication device cradles, in-car phone mounts, face plates, replacement parts for the above-listed goods, batteries, power adaptors, phone and wireless communication device chargers, cases, pouches, in-vehicle phone and wireless communication device chargers, in-vehicle holders, remote controls, keyboards, microphones, and loudspeakers

HTC RHYME
Serial Number 85394336
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Mobile phones, smartphones, cellular phones, portable computers, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants and wireless handheld digital electronic devices for communicating, recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, storing, and reviewing text, data, image, and audio files

Nothing official has been released by HTC yet.

Discussion: Engadget, Ubergizmo and Electronista

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Nintendo finally files trademark applications for Wii U in the U.S.

Nintendo Wii U controller

Nintendo has filed nearly 20 trademark applications (several including images) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the word Wii U.

The goods and services cover a broad range of items from consumer video game machines to trading cards.

Filing trademark applications is one thing, but not owning the domain name Wiiu.com is still a problem for Nintendo.   In June, according to a rough estimate provided by the analytics website Compete, traffic to the website was over 3,000 visitors.  Prior to that, wiiu.com, whose owner is hidden behind Whois privacy, registered zero visitors.

Wiiu.com is currently a Shopping.com affiliate site that displays videogame and console ads.

Here’s an abbreviated look at some of the trademark applications all filed on August 9, 2011 by Nintendo with a priority date of June 3, 2011.

Serial Number: 85393202
Issuance of point cards; advertising and publicity services or providing information therefor; issuance of trading stamps or providing information therefor; implementing promotional prize drawings, quiz programs, raffle tickets, questionnaires and games, or providing information therefor;

Serial Number: 85393204
Telecommunication via electronic bulletin boards or providing information therefor; communication via consumer video game machines; providing information on communication via consumer video game machines;

Serial Number: 85393212
Providing images via communication with hand-held game machines with liquid crystal displays; providing images via communication with arcade video game machines; providing images via communication with consumer video game machines;

Serial Number: 85393213
Clothing for domestic pets; bags and the like; pouches and the like; unfitted vanity cases; umbrellas; walking sticks; bags and luggage, namely, shoulder bags, handbags, purses, carry-on bags, carrying cases, tote bags, backpacks, athletic bags, gym bags, traveling bags, duffel bags, satchels, school bags, school book bags;

Serial Number: 85393218
Clothing; waistbands; belts for clothing; shoes and boots; sportswear; shoes for sports other than horse-riding boots; masquerade costumes; clothing, namely, bandanas, coats, infant wear, jackets, jerseys, mufflers, pajamas, pants, scarves, shirts, shorts, sleepwear, socks, sweatshirts, sweat pants, swimwear, T-shirts, tops, underwear, vests, warm-up suits, wrist bands;

Serial Number: 85393191
Card games and their components; hand-held game machines with liquid crystal displays; protective films for liquid crystal display of hand-held game machines; AC adapters for hand-held game machines with liquid crystal displays; parts and fittings for hand-held game machines with liquid crystal displays; other toys; toys for pets; dolls; Go games; Japanese playing cards, also known as Utagaruta;

Serial Number: 85393180
Note books; mechanical pencils; other stationery and study materials; trading cards; magazines (publication); catalogues; pamphlets; other printed matter including books, booklets, manuals, posters regarding video games, calendars, game cards, greeting cards, trading cards, stickers and sticker albums; photographs; photograph stands, namely photo frames; banners of paper; flags of paper; pre-paid value cards and gift cards

Serial Number: 85393173
Consumer video game machines fitted with a camera function; consumer video game machines; programs for consumer video game machines;

Discussion: Kotaku and Nintendo Everything

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Motorola Kore: It’s going to be a pair of workout headphones, not a tablet

workout

Motorola squashed any speculation that recent domain name registrations around the word “Kore” would be for the company’s next tablet device, after filing a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for headphones that monitor a person’s physical activity and fitness.

The trademark filing came on August 3, the same day Motorola registered domains such as MotorolaKore.com, but the filing (Serial Number: 85388115) didn’t appear online with the USPTO until yesterday. 

The mark is limited to the following goods and services: “ELECTRONIC NON MEDICAL PORTABLE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITOR AND FITNESS DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL’S ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ACCESSORIES THEREFORE, NAMELY, HEADPHONES; SOFTWARE FOR DEVELOPING AND MONITORING PERSONAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PLANS, TRAINING PLANS, TRAINING GOALS AND GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE ACHIEVED RESULTS”. 

Many people had speculated (including myself) that Motorola Kore would be the device maker’s next tablet.  Given that one of the rumored features for Motorola’s upcoming tablet would include a quad-core processor, the name seemed fitting.

A day after registering the “Kore” domain names, Motorola also registered “Energia” domain names.  As it turns out, Motorola has similar “headphone” plans for Energia as well, filing a trademark (Serial Number: 85388873) the same day it filed for “Motorola Kore”.

With Kore and Energia slated for headphones, it looks like we won’t know the name of the company’s next generation tablet for some time.

UPDATE 8/11/2011 2:40 AM EST:.  Droid Life pointed out by email to me that “Motorola Kore” could very well be the company’s “all-in-one fitness and music personal fitness device”.

Discussion: Geeky Gadgets, SlashGear, Droid Life, Phone Arena, Xataka, Droid Forum, GottaBeMobile, geek.com, Phandroid, AndroidGuys, Electricpig and Stuff Middle East