Desde hace unos meses se habla de la posibilidad de que Microsoft cambie su marca Live por Kumo, y ahora se sabe que han registrado como marca esta palabra a nivel internacional.

Lo más interesante del registro es saber en qué puntos se ha registrado, ya que da mucha idea de para qué puede servir:

Word Mark: KUMO

Goods and Services
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: computer software and hardware; including computer search engine software and downloadable software

IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: advertising services including dissemination of advertising for others via the Internet, business services including providing links to the websites of others, providing consumer and product information

IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: telecommunication services, including receipt and delivery of information, messages, documents, images and other data by electronic transmission

IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: education; providing of training; entertainment, including entertainment services via Internet search engines

IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: design and development of computer hardware and software; computer services including search engine services and the providing of downloadable and non-downloadable software

Filing Date: December 4, 2008
Owner: (APPLICANT) Microsoft Corporation CORPORATION WASHINGTON One Microsoft Way Redmond WASHINGTON 980526399