Dell Tries To Trademark "Cloud Computing"

Ian Lamont writes "The Industry Standard reports that Dell is trying to trademark the term cloud computing . The phrase entered the tech lexicon years ago, but Dell's application (serial number 77139082) was made in early 2007 to the US Patent and Trademark Office, apparently in connection with data center products and services that it was promoting around that time. A quick search of Google News indicates that Dell itself did not use the term in press releases or discussions with indexed English-language media sources from 1996 to 2006. Dell is not the first company to attempt to trademark this term: The Standard notes that NetCentric, a company that provided 'carrier-class Internet fax technology,' also gave it a shot in the late 1990s, but was rejected."

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[jlarocco]

It IS a technical term. It describes an action that is specifically related to a specific action with a specific technology.

No, it's not. "Xerography" is the technical term. "Xerox" is a meaningless, made up company name.

Instead of poking fun at my mistake, why not address my argument directly?

I didn't agree or disagree with your argument because you don't seem to know what you're talking about.