Apple Files for Giant Figurative "iPhone" Trademark
On May 21, 2010 the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application for a figurative iPhone design under application 85040770. Apple has filed their trademark under International Class 009 which covers a "Full line of electronic and mechanical parts and fittings for mobile phones and portable and handheld digital electronic devices" according to their filing. The full classification description is laid forth in our report. Apple's trademark will be primarily used on iPhone related retail packaging from Apple and third party developers.
Apple's Trademark Application In-Part
Apple Trademark: International Class Details
International Class 009: Full line of electronic and mechanical parts and fittings for mobile phones and portable and handheld digital electronic devices for recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, and reviewing text, data, audio and video files; electronic docking stations; stands specially designed for holding mobile phones and portable and handheld digital electronic devices; battery chargers; battery packs; electrical connectors, wires, cables, and adaptors; wired and wireless remote controls for portable and handheld digital electronic devices; headphones and earphones; telecommunications apparatus, namely, speakers, microphones, and headsets for use with mobile phones; home theater systems; stereo amplifier and speaker base stations; automobile stereo adapters; audio recorders; audio, video, and radio receivers; audio, video, and radio transmitters; video viewers, namely, video monitors for portable and handheld digital electronic devices; electronic memory card readers; and protective cases, all for use with mobile phones and portable and handheld digital electronic devices for recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, and reviewing text, data, audio, image, and video files; furniture specifically designed with interconnectivity for mobile phones and other portable and handheld digital electronic devices.
Apple claims ownership of U.S. Registration Numbers 3470983, 3457218, and 3475327. Apple's trademark was originally filed in the US on May 17, 2010 and published today at the USPTO.
Apple's figurative iPhone design trademark is listed in China's Trademark Office database under application 301605843, which was filed for in late November 2009.
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