On March 20, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office approved and published Google's latest registered trademark for "Google Currents" under registration number 4,304,082. Google originally filed for their trademark a year ago in March 2012. Google Currents is a social magazine app released by Google in December 2011. It is currently available for Android and iOS devices running IOS 6. The application covers a variety of sources and offers a list of featured content that includes Forbes, CNET and others.
Google's Registered Trademark Certificate for "Google Currents"
International Class Details for X-TM
International Class 9: Computer software that enables users of computers and mobile devices to access, aggregate, organize and interact with content, information and images from social media websites, publicly available sources, and personal websites and communications, and provides data, information and updates on topics of general interest; computer software for providing multiple-user access to a computer network for the dissemination of a wide range and variety of information.
International Class 35: Dissemination of advertising for others via the Internet; advertising and directory services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by providing a web page featuring imagery, ads and content, with hyperlinks to other websites.
International Class 38: Delivery of audio, video, and multimedia content by means of global computer and communication networks; providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network; providing online forums, chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the fields of social, educational, political, cultural, and general interest.
International Class 41: Education and entertainment services, namely, providing a website featuring audio clips, video clips, musical performances, musical videos, film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials; providing online electronic publications by means of global computer and communication networks in the field of general interest; providing on-line computer databases and on-line searchable databases in the fields of social, educational, political, cultural, and general interest.
International Class 45: Online social networking services.
Google's specimen provided to the US Patent is illustrated below which is derived from Google's webpage for Google Currents.
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