Trademark Overview
On Thursday, June 15, 2000, a trademark application was filed for .NET with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the .NET trademark a serial number of 78012936. The federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE as of Thursday, June 16, 2005. This trademark is owned by Microsoft Corporation. The .NET trademark is filed in the Communication Services category with the following description:
Telecommunication services, namely, electronic mail and messaging services; providing on-line chat rooms for transmission of messages among computer users concerning various topics in the field of telecommunications and wireless transmission of data; providing multiple user dial-up and dedicated access to the Internet; providing data and information supplied by others over cellular phone networks and wireless communication networks; providing information in the field of telecommunications and telecommunications software and systems over computer networks, wireless networks and global communication networks; and delivering advertisements and promotional materials to others via electronic mail and over computer networks, wireless networks and global communication networks