Remember not too long ago when the word went out that Coby Electronics was going to produce a netbook device? The company stepped in and said they weren’t going to do such a thing. So why did they apply for a trademark? This from a trademark search:
| Word Mark | COBY NETBOOK |
| Goods and Services | IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: portable personal computers |
| Standard Characters Claimed | |
| Mark Drawing Code | (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK |
| Serial Number | 77590174 |
| Filing Date | October 10, 2008 |
| Current Filing Basis | 1B |
| Original Filing Basis | 1B |
| Owner | (APPLICANT) Coby Electronics Corp. CORPORATION NEW YORK Suite 301 1991 Marcus Avenue Lake Success NEW YORK 11042 |
| Attorney of Record | Caroline G. Boehm |
| Type of Mark | TRADEMARK |
| Register | PRINCIPAL |
| Live/Dead Indicator | LIVE |
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