Comments on: Denied: Google’s Nexus One Trademark Request

By: Abrown

Abrown — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:36:20 +0000

Eww gPhone? why did you have to lower case the g and then higher case the P? If they’re going to make it a gphone it should be Gphone, G-Phone, G Phone, or any other way of putting it…not only does gPhone just look stupid it’s like nails scraping a mobile chalkboard. Android is not an iPhone rip off, it’s its very own mobile revolution. Steve Jobs can whine and cry that Google “stole” his idea, but thats just an over generalization of what Android really brings to the table. My personal opinion is that Google should look for a different name, there are plenty that are out there that haven’t been scooped up by trademark yet. And I was never in love with “Nexus One” as a name anyway.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:39:33 +0000

Sounds like the whole Apple-Cisco “Iphone” debacle. What ever became of that?

By: Yanoe

Yanoe — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:09 +0000

But doesn’t Acura patent the name Integra on the car?

By: Rick Deckard

Rick Deckard — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:50:13 +0000

I see 10 years down the road when the Nexus Six is released. Then we’ll have to test it if it’s a replicant.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:47:59 +0000

Interesting. This strikes somewhat close to home, because Integra is one of the two ISPs the hosting company I work for uses. Small world, huh?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:58 +0000

Considering their goal to provide fiber.. I like the idea of them buying this company.. kind of narrows search for a town, just do it somewhere where that this company services..

By: webby

webby — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:19:52 +0000

Google will just buy the goofy US Patent Office, which would also solve a whole lot of other problems caused by the cranky curmudgeon running crApple

By: David

David — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:38:48 +0000

It’s just an initial refusal. Google still has an opportunity to argue with the examining attorney before a final action and can still take it to the Trademark Trials and Appeal Board and Federal Court. Also, a likelihood of confusion does not look to see if the goods and services are similar, but instead whether they are related. For instance, would they be used together? So, the fact is, cell phones are useless without the registrant’s services; therefore, they would likely to be used together. So it would be like Google coming coming out with a phone called T-mobile. Would you think a phone called T-mobile came from T-mobile?

By: Zizz

Zizz — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:30:49 +0000

VERIZON, “I Just need a DAMN phone”.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:44:56 +0000

I bet Google will work out an agreement with these guys pretty quickly.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:49 +0000

I always call it the gPhone.

Instant recognition as the Google version of the iPhone, and immediate interest.

Try explaining Android.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:54:36 +0000

Yes #8 and #7, google does research it. The existing trademark is not even close to what the Nexus One is.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:44:24 +0000

Does Google research ANYTHING in the Trademark office before they name it? Geeez…

By: zdaxxy

zdaxxy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:12:33 +0000

Ummm, did the people at Google not Google the name first before naming their product? ROFL, monkeys flinging poo over there I tell you…

By: Android App Reviews

Android App Reviews — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:21:41 +0000

gPhone would look so funny and it would piss off Apple a lot.