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)