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    News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    However the U.S. trademark office has a couple of reasonable objections
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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Seems rather ridiculous to me.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    For a min I thought that it was Apple we were talking about Ha-Ha

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    I'm getting quite concerned at the number of trademark claims on common place words, especially as businesses seem to be able to pass these rhediculus trademarks that would have been impossible to claim 2-5 years ago
    Furthermore it seems that this strange trademark claiming that it is making the market more uneven as only the big companies can pull it off.
    To conclude, as much as I hope companies would stop this strange trademark culture, I feel without a shadow of a doubt Google will obtain this trademark...

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Google should be told to foxtrot oscar by the US Trademarks Office, glass is so generic and applies to items and objects from time immemorial, will Pyrex be required to pay royalties for thgeir heat rewsistant glass cookware, or Pilkington pay for using glass to describe their products?

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    If it was Apple, the story would have been about how they were given the trademark.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    The "don't be evil" motto is officially dead then lol.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Quote Originally Posted by robredz View Post
    Google should be told to foxtrot oscar by the US Trademarks Office, glass is so generic and applies to items and objects from time immemorial, will Pyrex be required to pay royalties for thgeir heat rewsistant glass cookware, or Pilkington pay for using glass to describe their products?
    Not in that case - as I understand it (haven't done much research because - lets be honest - Google are being d--ks) it's "Glass" as it pertains to computer use. But you've got a point obliquely - will Corning have to license "Gorilla Glass", which seems a bit daft when GG predates "Glass". Funny that the derogatory term "Glassoles" now seems to apply to Google too.
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    The "don't be evil" motto is officially dead then lol.
    Yep, new motto is "be evil ... it works for everyone else".

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    This trademark and patent practices are getting way out of hand.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Maybe it's me but I don't particularly have an issue with google getting a trademark on the word glass. The trademark would be limited to electronic 'glasses' anyways so it's in essence the same as samsung galaxy, theres already a trademark for galaxy chocolate but because it's a different type of product it doesn't conflict. In relation to Gorilla Glass it wouldn't have an issue as I belive the trademark is for 'gorilla' and glass is a description of what it is.

    This isn't like apple trying to trademark iPhone when several other companies used it already in a similar device or trying to trademark iTV for the apple tv.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Well Cadbury failed to trademark purple, so I think Google might have a problem with this.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny_Y8S View Post
    Not a real problem here. It's okay to have brands trademark the name of their device as the trademark prevents other's from using the same name. If we didn't allow this then a single brand becomes the defining name of an entire category. As long as it's not a generic name then you're fine. They shouldn't be allowed to patent 'smart glasses' or 'augmented reality specs' or whatever but calling them 'Glass' isn't an issue.
    I mostly agree with you but in this case I'd say that 'Glass', even if it is capitalized, is still just a description of the product and perhaps shouldn't be eligible for trademark. It is a piece of glass, just on a frame with a display projected into it...
    We can just wait and see though I suppose, it's not like they need it anyway as they already have 'Google Glass'. *shrug*

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    This is like Paramount Pictures trying to trademark the name "USS Enterprise"... oh, wait.

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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    To me this is them trying to trademark against anyone else making virtual eyeware and calling it Glass. As opposed to anyone using the name glass for the likes of window panes, a 'glass' down the pub, etc
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    Re: News - Google aims to trademark the word 'Glass'

    As I understand it, Google is not trying to trademark the word 'glass', Google is trying to trademark a device (i.e. a logo) which is the word glass in a particular stylised font. Their struggles arise from the fact that glass is at least in part descriptive of the goods for which the mark is intended and that there is no evidence that a consumer would associate the particular stylised font as an indication of origin.

    Its somewhat being blown out of proportion .

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