Dell Loses Bid For Cloud Computing Trademark

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Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

August 18, 2008

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied Dell its application to trademark the phrase "cloud computing.""In addition to being merely descriptive, the applied-for mark appears to be generic in connection with the identified services and, therefore, incapable of functioning as a source-identifier for applicant's services," said the USPTO, whose "non-final" decision, dated Aug. 12, gives Dell six month to respond before the application is abandoned.

Dell first filed the application for the popular phrase with the USPTO in March 2007; early last month the application reached the "notice of allowance" phase, which is issued after the completion of an opposition period and when "it appears that the applicant is entitled to a patent under the law."PC World

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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