On November 14, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office officially published Apple's Registered Trademark Certificate for "Mission Control." Apple originally filed for the trademark back in April 2011. Mission Control is an App that's found in Apple's OS X Mountain Lion operating system that brings together Exposé, Spaces, Dashboard, and full-screen apps. Mission Control gives a user a bird's-eye view of everything that's running on their system.
USPTO Registers Apple's "Mission Control" Trademark
Apple's original April 2011 trademark filing only included International Class 009. The registered trademark as shown above now lists US trademark Classes which rarely make sense. How the "Mission Control" trademark has anything to do with such things as chemistry, textiles or boots is beyond me. At times I think that Apple Legal simply shootd darts at the US trademark classes chart and goes with whatever they happen to hit. That's how disconnected the classes appear to be at times.
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