Catching up on my reading. I missed this article last week as I was focused on BH/Defcon. There’s some good news from the US Patent office for a change.
From IT World:
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has done an about face on Dell Inc.’s effort to claim a trademark on “cloud computing,” and is reconsidering its earlier action.
Dell had received near final approval for this trademark, but the USPTO canceled its “Notice of Allowance” on Tuesday, according to trademark records. The application has been “returned to examination.”
Dell spokesman David Frink said the company isn’t commenting on the USPTO’s action, other than to acknowledge that the issue is going back to the examiner for additional review. He didn’t want to speculate on what that might mean.
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