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Apple Reveals Big Plans to Integrate Projectors into iOS Devices +

On August 11, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a grand patent application from Apple that reveals their plans of integrating mini or pico-like projectors into future iOS devices while introducing a likely projector acces...

Apple's Unofficial Trademark Filing for iPad

Apple's supposed shell company as noted in the press as being IP Application Development LLC of Delaware filed for the iPad trademark in the US on January 16, 2010 and mirrored said application in Europe on January 18, 2010. Interesti...

Fujitsu Assigns their Entire Interest in iPad to Apple

A recent document from the USPTO shows that Apple has been assigned the trademark for iPad prior to the official April 3, 2010 launch of this revolutionary product. Although Apple may have been granted the iPad trademark over time, the ...

Transaction: Apple's e-Wallet App Finally Surfaces in a Patent

On April 16, 2010 a savvy investor posted a great report on The Motley Fool investor site in which he stated that "Mobile purchases [and] p2p payments using phones - is a utopia that many telcos, banks, and scheme operations have been l...

Apple Files Trademark for "MobileMe Gallery" Icon

On April 29, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application for the icon related to Apple's free "MobileMe Gallery" iApp under application 85019853. Apple has filed their trademark under the singl...

Apple Files Trademark for "iBooks" Icon

On April 29, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application relating to the "iBooks" icon under application 85019863. Apple has filed their trademark under the single International Class 009 cover...

Apple Files Trademark for "Pages" Icon

On April 29, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application for the icon related to Apple's "Pages" iApp under application 85019880. Apple has filed their trademark under the single International ...

Apple Files Trademark for "Keynote" Icon

On April 30, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark icon related to Apple's "Keynote" iApp under application 85019909. Apple has filed their trademark under the single International Class 009 covering ...

Apple Files Trademark for "Numbers" Icon

On April 29, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application for the icon related to Apple's "Numbers" iApp under application 85019894. Apple has filed their trademark under the single Internationa...

Apple Files for Mission Control and All-New "StartUp" Trademarks

On April 20, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application for "Startup" under application 85296886. They've also filed for "Mission Control" in Europe. Although Apple has used Startup in the past...