This one's been bubbling under for a while - ever since Michael Dell was spotting carrying a tiny red notebook under his arm at All Things D. The name has changed several times, and we've been adding pencils to all the pictures of notebooks we can, but now it's called the Inspiron 910. Until the next time we post about it, anyway.

Dell's petition to trademark the term 'cloud computing' has been struck down by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Dell has seen its petition to trademark the term 'cloud computing' struck down by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Kayleigh Bateman, CRN , Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 15:59:00 Dell has no claim to generic cloud computing name, US Patent & Trademark Office decides The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected Dell?s application to trademark the term ?cloud computing? following claims by rivals that the term is generic and undeserving of trademark...