CableLabs, NCTA Filed ‘10G’ Applications at PTO Days Before CES Initiative
CableLabs and NCTA collaborated on a series of 10G trademark applications Friday in preparation for the cable ISP industry’s CES rollout Monday of its 10-gigabit broadband initiative for deployments planned for as soon as late 2021 (see 1901070048), Patent and…
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Trademark Office records show. NCTA’s application was to trademark a stylized 10G commercial logo, and CableLabs filed for four plain-text certification marks that would be reserved for industry-compliant 10G products and services: (1) CableLabs 10G Certified; (2) 10G Ready; (3) 10G Certified; (4) CableLabs 10G Ready. NCTA says cable companies and CableLabs are doing 10G lab trials now, with field trials to start in 2020 and market deployment likely to begin 12-18 months after trials are complete.