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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Google the Nexus One trademark name, citing "a likelihood of confusion." Another company, Integra Telecom, owns the Nexus brand. Read the full story here.

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Google's application for the Nexus One trademark has been officially rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application was denied because the patent application was too similar to a "Nexus" integrated voice and Internet product owned by the company Integra Telecom, which registered its trademark in December 2008. What does this mean

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Google Nexus One trademark application denied. U.S. Patent and Trademark office cites "a likelihood of confusion" as the reason.

So in 2008, a company called Integra Communications filed for a Nexus trademark having something to do with voice and data telecommunications. Along comes Google a year later and files for Nexus One. Trademark office says no go. Im not really surprised at this; its not really their job to determine which is the better

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Google's application for a Nexus One trademark.