Aral Balkan

... it's an O'Reilly Service Mark!

How wonderful to finally have a succinct definition of this term :P

If you're a stickler for details, Web 2.0 is registered as a trademark not by O'Reilly but a company called CMP Media which apparently registered Web 2.0 with the USPTO in November of 2003. According to O'Reilly, CMP Media co-produces the Web 2.0 conference. CMP Media is part of a larger UK-based company called United Business Media which also owns PR Newswire.

So, I guess it's fair to say that Web 2.0 is officialy owned by The Man! Time for a new term? How about the Open Web?

Comments

• [...] Web 2.0 is a registered trademark and has been since 2003! CMP Media, the trademark holder, co-produces the Web 2.0 conference. So for you developers out there talking and publishing about Web 2.0 hype, you are infringing on a trademark. [...]

  by Reality Me » Quit saying Web 2.0! on 2006-05-26 11:11:50

• or the InterWeb? Mind you I have been calling it that for ages.... MD

  by Mark Drew on 2006-05-26 11:49:04

• InterWeb ? OpenWeb ? Hm.... [ rushes to trademark register office ]

  by jay araujo on 2006-05-26 14:07:33