Sprint Nextel, which resells WiMAX service from Clearwire and owns a majority stake in the company, is poised to introduce the first U.S. WiMAX next week during the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas, reports Total Telecom, citing people familiar with the announcement. The coming of the device has been no secret, but the timing has. The smartphone, rumored as the Supersonic by HT...

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.

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

Google wanted to trademark the name Nexus One but have just been DENIED by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Apparently the name is too close to an Oregon-based companys product: their company is called Integra Telecom and the product is called Nexus, offering T1 data connectivity for businesses. OregonLive.com caught up with an Integra

The Mobile Entertainment Forum has been delivering a series of illuminating webinars based around the enablement of services. The third webinar is today and I strongly recommend participating if youre into service enablement (e.g. sender pays, credit management and similar). Heres the agenda: Agenda Following on from our two successful MEF Enablers webinars, our speakers

Google might have to look for different names for its super phone, now since the US Trademark Office has rejected its application to trademark Nexus One. The reason for the refusal is that the name conflicts with another Nexus mark, given to Integra Telecom back in Dec 2008. The mark owned by Integra refers to the

Google failed in its bid to own the Nexus One name for its Android 2.1 smartphone, as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected its application for a trademark on the moniker. That mark is currently commanded by Integra Telecom, which in December 2008 registered the trademark for its Nexus fixed bandwidth integrated voice and Internet T1 product. What does this all mean? Google could contest t...

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It looks like Google (NSDQ: GOOG)s attempt to trademark the Nexus One name has been denied. The acquisition was filed on December 10th of last year, and Nothing has come from it yet. Oh, wait, a refusal did. Right. Nexus has already been trademarked. It was granted in late 2008 to Integra Telecom (who  in the ...

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