Dell plotting something touchy-feely on 'Canvas'

Dell's applied for the US trademarks “Canvas” and “Dell Canvas”, both covering “Interactive touch screen computer interfaces”. So what's it up to? The Register reckons the most obvious candidate is something to do with its Surface Hub competitor, the model C7017T 70-inch Interactive Conference Room Monitor, as that's the most …

[Mage]

Canvas

How on earth can they trademark that on its own?

It's even a word used in computing context.

"Dell Canvas" is acceptable.

[jake]

"Canvas", from the Latin "cannapaceus" meaning "made of hemp" ...

... I wonder what Dell's smoking.

Actually, it's probably no more than YetAnotherWidgetLibrary.

[Jonathan Knight]

Canvas is the name of a very popular VLE (or LMS if you're North American) so that's going to cause some confusion.

https://www.canvasvle.co.uk/