On 3 February 2013 20:42, zMan <[email protected]> wrote:
> The new Blackberry is apparently called the "Z10". I'm surprised -- while
> obviously nobody sane is going to confuse it with a real z10, they're both
> computing devices, so I'm surprised that this isn't a trademark
> infringement.
>
> And of course it's probably more powerful than a 3090...certainly has more
> memory!
I don't know off the top of my head where to search for US registered
trademarks, but the Canadian registration for "Z10" looks like this:
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WARES:
(1) computer hardware; computer software for controlling the operation
of or execution of programs and networks for server systems and
workstations; and instruction manual sold as a unit therewith; printed
matter, namely, instruction manuals for computer hardware and computer
software for server systems and workstations
SERVICES:
(1) installation and maintenance of computer hardware; technical
support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer hardware and
computer software problems via telephone, e-mail, and in person;
design, installation, interconnection, testing and maintenance of
computer software for use in network computing; design,
interconnection and testing of computer hardware for use in network
computing
CLAIMS:
Priority Filing Date: November 28, 2007, Country: UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, Application No: 77/338496 in association with the same kind
of wares and in association with the same kind of services.
Declaration of Use filed May 26, 2009.
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So perhaps RIM (uh, the newly renamed Blackberry) gets off because the
WARES are specifically "server systems and workstations".
I find it interesting that RIM has only 126 hits in the (Canadian)
trademark database, and many of those are abandoned. (Did any ever
see a Blackberry Budgie...?) IBM (actually International Business
Machines) has almost 1200 hits, and doubtless many more in other
countries. Those containing the letter "Z" are:
Trademarks: ZPDT, Formalized, 1606983
Trademarks: ZPDT, Abandoned - Section 40(3), 1457751
Trademarks: Z/ARCHITECTURE, Registered, 1081337, TMA626616
Trademarks: Z/VM, Registered, 1081333, TMA569513
Trademarks: Z9, Registered, 1278666, TMA684003
Trademarks: ZENTERPRISE, Advertised, 1491205
Trademarks: SYSTEM Z10, Registered, 1375594, TMA741679
Trademarks: SYSTEM Z, Registered, 1292849, TMA704078
Trademarks: ZSERIES, Registered, 1081332, TMA575752
Trademarks: z/VSE, Registered, 1198808, TMA677185
Of course there are doubtless many subtleties involved in trademarks
and trademark searches that I am unfamiliar with, so I will have
missed all sorts of things and their significance.
Tony H.
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