After jumping through hoops, Apple finally secures the rights to the AirPower trademark
To get the AirPower trademark, Apple even went to court but it ultimately had to purchase access from a company that had previously applied for the trademark.
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Apple TV logo trademark updated with all things related to gaming
Is Apple getting serious about gaming? Would they turn the Apple TV set-top box into a viable gaming console? We don’t know that yet, but it’s worth mentioning that the company has conveniently updated its Apple TV logo trademark with new conditions related to gaming.
Apple files for “Connect(s) to Apple Watch” trademarks
Apple is envisioning many more health devices will be hitting market that will connect to Apple Watch.
This Chinese clothing brand thinks the App Store icon was stolen from them, so they’re suing Apple
Apple has been hit with yet another lawsuit, this time from Chinese clothing company KON. They believe iOS 11’s new App Store icon looks a little too similar to their own brand logo.
Apple wins European trademark case against Xiaomi over the name of its iPad mini clone
Apple has scored a partial victory in its case against Chinese consumer electronics maker Xiaomi over the trademark name of its iPad mini clone.
Apple is getting sued over “Animoji” trademark
Apple is being dragged to court over iPhone X’s controversial feature—face-tracking, animated 3D emoji, called Animoji.
Why finding future Apple product names in trademark filings has become next to impossible
You can no longer conduct in-person searches for “any applications filed by Apple in the last X months” with foreign trademark offices without online databases.
Apple’s iCloud trademark now covers smart glasses and headset accessory
The trademark now mentions smart glasses and headsets, the latter falling under the context of “wearable digital electronic devices capable of providing access to the Internet”.
Why is Apple reviving its old AirTunes trademark?
It seems that Apple may be reviving its old AirTunes trademark for purposes unknown, Patently Apple reported Monday. AirTunes became AirPlay in 2010 so it’s a mystery as to why precisely Apple has now decided to file for the figurative trademark “AirTunes” with the European Union’s Trademark Office.
According to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) document, the U.S. trademark for “AirTunes” expired on November 11, 2016. The AirTunes feature originally worked with the original AirPort router.
Trademarks for three new MacBooks discovered in Russia ahead of Apple’s “Hello again” event
French-language publication Consomac.fr has discovered a trio of previously unknown trademarks for unreleased MacBook models as Apple preps to share what’s new for its aging Mac lineup at the “Hello again” media event scheduled for this Thursday, October 27. Apple filed three trademarks for “portable personal computers” in Russia, possibly in order to keep them secret for as long as possible.
It’s worth noting that Russian law requires foreign companies to register any products that use encryption or provide other cryptographic tools.
The documents found in the Eurasian Economic Commission database mention model numbers that cannot be linked to existing hardware: A1706, A1707 and A1708.
Will Apple call next-gen MacBook Pro’s rumored OLED strip “Magic Toolbar”?
Apple is holding a media event on October 27 to unveil new Macs. Everyone is expecting the company to announce a next-generation MacBook Pro with a rumored OLED strip that would replace the physical function keys at the top of the keyboard with programmable shortcuts which would change from one app to another. But what could Apple call that rumored OLED touch bar?
According to trademark agent Brian Conroy who was able to uncover a trademark application that a shell company quite likely filed for on behalf for Apple, the feature could be marketed as “Magic Toolbar.”
The lengths Apple goes to in order to keep trademark filings undetected for six months
There have been at least 343 instances in which Apple took advantage of section 44(d) of the US Trademark Act to keep its trademark filings confidential for a period of six months, Quartz reported Monday in an interesting write-up titled “Why Jamaica knows about Apple’s new products before the rest of the world”.
The article explains that Apple files trademark applications in places where these databases are not searchable online, via shell companies to conceal its identity and six months before applying for the same trademark in the U.S.