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Sure he has a trademark. Its just not registered. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unregistered_trademark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unregistered_trademark

• nkozyra 11y ago
  Not my area of expertise, but I'd think "Go" would be very difficult to trademark given it's a generic term.
  • johnnyfaehell 11y ago
    It's not very generic for a name. Remember "That's hot" got trademarked successfully.
    • cozuya 11y ago
      Lets face it, golang has a lot of problems with generics..
      • nkozyra 11y ago
        Wow, I didn't even see it coming.
  • AnimalMuppet 11y ago
    The point of trademark is to prevent confusion - people not sure who they're doing business with, and maybe unethical businesses playing on the confusion. Therefore trademark only applies within an area of trade. Remember Apple: Apple Computer didn't violate the trademark of Apple Music (but then there were issues when Apple Computer entered the music business). But within an area of business, you could trademark a generic word like "Go". (Disclaimer: IANAL, so I could be wrong.)