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Published on: 8/5/2008
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David Frink, a Dell spokesman, defends the effort, noting that in the year since the company applied for the cloud computing trademark, no one has heretofore opposed it.
"The intent is to protect our intellectual property in our growing cloud computing business," Frink said."Our intent is not to stop others from using the term."
The trademark was applied for at about the same time that Dell created the Dell Cloud Computing Solutions unit.It is the creation of that business that`s the genesis of Dell`s trademark, said Frink.The 2007 press release announcing the unit includes a trademark symbol on the name.
Frink said the trademark wouldn`t prevent others in the industry from using the the term, except in the "narrow" definition that Dell included in the trademark application.That definition describes "the design of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others; customization of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others."
After it was pointed out that the definition Dell provided doesn`t sound narrow, Frink went back to the company`s point that the trademark application hasn`t been opposed until now.