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Evidence: Apple Still Working on Thunderbolt Trademark

In May 2011 we posted a report titled "Apple Didnt' Get the Memo: Files for Thunderbolt Trademark in the US." Information was swirling around the web at that point in time that Apple had transferred their IP for Thunderbolt to Intel. If that were true, then why did more information surface at the US Patent and Trademark Office late on Friday contradicting that position? The new document clearly demonstrates that Apple's lawyers are still vigorously working their trademark application for Thunderbolt through the system.  

Apple Files Nine Trademark Applications for Siri in the US

What an extraordinary week it's been for all things Siri. First there was our report titled "Siri, the Killer Patent" followed by news of Siri's trademark filing in China. Today we discovered that Apple has filed a series of nine trademark filings for Siri in the US. On a few occasions Apple has been known to breakdown an important trademark filing into a series of single filings with each covering a single International Class. This may speed up the process of approval with the USPTO or it may be done to ensure that they'll be protected on several fronts should one or two of the applications run into a snag with an examiner. Apple is covering Siri for a plethora of future application possibilities including those for social networking, education, a variety of travel-centric applications, television programming and a whole lot more. It'll be interesting to see what new Siri services Apple will roll out in 2012. Time will tell.  

Apple's Siri Trademark Filing Lists Some Interesting Applications

On the very day that Apple's first patent application for Siri surfaces at the US Patent and Trademark Office, we just happen to find that Apple has filed for the Siri trademark in Hong Kong China. What's interesting here is that there's a certain degree of symmetry between the two applications which may reveal some of the core applications that are on the minds of those sitting at the round table in Cupertino.  

Apple Wins More Strategic Patents Covering the iPhone & Smart Cables

On January 10, 2012, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. This morning's patent report covers four of Apple's newly granted design patents covering such things as the MacBook Air and its Solid State Drive. Additionally, our report covers three important patents relating to Apple's original iPhone and associated smart cables. Since late December Apple has been on a roll chalking up original iPhone patents and today's patent wins continue that trend. Considering that there were over 200 patents on the books for protecting the iPhone on the very day that Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, I would suspect that this trend is going to continue for some time to come.  

 

Apple Wins Patents for Photo Booth and a Major Fitness Center App

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of eighteen newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In our first patent report of the day we mainly cover two of these patents. The first one relates to Apple's first win for their entertaining Photo Booth application while the other covers a major fitness center application. To close off our report, we also cover two of Apple's latest design patent wins and briefly cover eight other interesting patents in our Final Patent Round Up section.