AOL Trademark Filings, Domain Buy Point to Social Media Platform
It appears that AOL is approaching the social media concept differently this time by starting from scratch and going for a more localize scheme of operation. The trademarks make it clear that AOL could gradually integrate as a localized social media platform.
About two weeks ago AOL filed five applications with the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) in order to enhance the company’s online local and community based service offerings. On the same day of the filing, the company purchased the domain name called NVIBE.
What does this mean for AOL?
Most likely, AOL will take another stab at creating a social networking platform. Unfortunately, AOL wasn’t too successful the last time it tried this venture, purchasing Bebo for $850 million dollars, and well…it wasn’t a happy ending.
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