Parallax Semiconductor - now a registered trademark

Ken Gracey

An important part of the future of Parallax's multicore future was received today. Nice work Lauren Davis! - Ken

idbruce

Very cool Ken. You know how I love that kind of stuff.

bsnut

Ken,

It's nice to see that Parallax Semiconductor made that big step in it's future and for sharing with us.

Ttailspin

Bonafide :thumb: , Now your going to need a nice frame for that,
Hey, maybe you could make one outa PropBOE boards...

Congrats.


-Tommy

Martin Hodge

Bravo, Ken and Lauren!

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Cong®atulations on you® Pa®allax Semiconducto® t®adema®k ®egist®ation!

-Phil

Tony B.

And to think I remember when Parallax Semiconductor was born. My how they grow up sooooooooo fast!

Congratulations!

Tony

Martin_H

Congratulations.

doggiedoc

Congratulations Ken!

davejames

...very cool - :thumb:

If it's not privileged information, how much did that effort cost?

I probably need to do the same at some point.



Never mind...found the USPTO site and reviewed the fees. Definetely something for which to save my pennies.

pedward

Given that Semiconductor is a non-mark modifier, simply having the Trademark on Parallax is sufficient.

I own the trademark "EFormance" within the field I did/do business. This encompasses EFormance Engineering too.

John A. Zoidberg

Congrats!

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

pedward wrote:

Given that Semiconductor is a non-mark modifier, simply having the Trademark on Parallax is sufficient.

Since "parallax" is a common English word, it almost certainly cannot be registered stand-alone. Combining it with another word is what uniquely identifies it as a trademark.

-Phil

RobotWorkshop

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Since "parallax" is a common English word, it almost certainly cannot be registered stand-alone. Combining it with another word is what uniquely identifies it as a trademark.

-Phil

Unless you are Facebook. It seems that they are trying to claim ownership of the word "book". I think that is a classic example of how the system is abused.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57405532-93/facebook-users-beware-dont-use-the-word-book/

http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-now-claims-own-word-book-213034547.html

http://www.inquisitr.com/212132/facebook-wants-to-trademark-the-word-book/

DaveJenson

Good job Lauren. Thanks for sharing, Ken. And timely too!

Lauren Davis

Thanks everyone, it was a long process and we're happy to now have the trademark. The trademark is on "Parallax Semiconductor." We had to disclaim the word "semiconductor" because it's a common word.