Written by On Thursday, December 8, 2011, Google Inc. launched a new service called SchemerTM, which has slowly been building up some speed in the blogosphere; however, there are some interesting things to be noted about this new service from a trademark perspective. Schemer itself appears to be a sort of Foursquare® meets your typical Sunday paper [...]
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Trademarkia co-founder and CEO Raj Abhyanker’s former startup the Dealmap sold to Google
Written by The previous company of Trademarkia CEO Raj Abhyanker was sold to Google, Inc. earlier this week. The company is the Dealmap (a DBA of CenterD, Inc., renamed from Fatdoor, Inc.). According to reports on the web, the company was sold for a reported $30M. The sale was reported in articles of TechCrunch and the New York Times. [...]
READ MORE »Google Redefines “Speed Reading”
On August 18th, Google filed for a Trademark on the name “SPEEDBOOK.” This trademark covers a new book reading/recording software application Google has developed that uses two cameras as well an an infrared light to detect and correct curves on the inner halves of pages in a book. The Speedbook creates a 3D model of [...]
READ MORE »Google gets game with LabPixies Trademark
Google’s personalization options have just expanded dramatically with Google’s acquisition of “LabPixies,” A Tel Aviv-based game and gadget and app development startup. On August 5th, Google filed for a Trademark on the name LabPixies on the heels of acquiring the start up in April of 2010.
READ MORE »Googling a word?
Google in bid to boost business and revamp its outreach to small and medium business owners; announced a set of new ads that would allow merchants and traders to list their businesses under the new Google places. This was its previous local business center that has got a new, revised look from Google.
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