Microsoft denied it had neglected to register “Windows Azure,” the name of its new cloud computing platform, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

According to the spokeswoman, Microsoft submitted a trademark application for "Azure" last Friday.

Earlier Monday, Ray Ozzie, the company's chief software architect, unveiled Windows Azure, a cloud computing version of its operating system. Azure, which will compete with Amazon.com Inc.'s Elastic Compute Cloud, targets developers who create online services and software.

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