When the term “glass” is used, we guess depending on the context and the place where it is said, it could mean many thing. In the tech context, there is a chance that you might have thought of Google’s wearable gadget, Google Glass. Unfortunately it seems that the USPTO (via The Wall Street Journal) does not think the same like the rest of us and have since denied Google’s request to trademark the term “glass”.
According to the USPTO, trademarking the term glass could lead to confusion amongst other brands or products, like Microsoft’s SmartGlass, for example. They also feel that the term “glass” is considered a descriptive term rather than an actual identifiable product name, and because of federal law, generic terms like that cannot be trademarked. (more…)
USPTO Rejects Google’s Attempt To Trademark “Glass” original content from Ubergizmo. 
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