Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corporation have both filed several new trademarks and most are for single word terms. The new trademarks include the following:

Facebook Inc.

  • Riff
  • Strobe
  • Shout

According to whois records, Facebook does not currently own any of the exact matching terms as domain names.

Microsoft Corporation

  • Touchback
  • Inkback
  • Selawik
  • Continuum
  • Forzatech
  • Holostudio
  • Holotour

According to whois records, Microsoft does not currently own any of the exact matching terms as domain names.

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I ran into something interesting this morning while digging around. According to whois records, Google Inc. has just taken ownership of the domain name WriteOnGlass.com . Big deal right?

Well, the past owner of the domain name is where things get interesting. Border Stylo, LLC owned the domain name and they also are the company that opposed Google’s trademark filing for “glass” back in April 2014.

writeonglass

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