Apple Files for Final Cut Pro X Figurative Trademarks in Europe
On June 21, 2011, the European Patent & Trademark Office officially published six of Apple's figurative trademark applications for Final Cut Pro X Graphics. Apple has filed for Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 and Compressor 4 figurative trademarks in both color and black-and-white. All of the applications were filed under three International Classes covering computer graphics software relating to computer software for use in all facets of video and motion picture production and telecommunications. The third International Class specifically relates to application service provider services that may actually cover future iCloud services. The class description includes "hosting computer software applications and web sites of others on global computer networks." The trademark applications coincide with the release of Final Cut Pro X today. Report Update: Apple files for iPhone 4 Design Trademark in China.
Apple's Trademark Application In-Part
Below is an example of one of six new Figurative Trademark Applications that Apple has filed for in Europe.
The Three Distinct Figurative Trademarks that Apple is seeking to Secure
Apple's Figurative Trademarks: Full International Class Details
International Class 009: Computers; computer software; computer peripheral devices; computer hardware; computer graphics software; computer software for use in video and motion picture production; computer software for creating and editing graphics and special effects; computer software for creating, viewing, and editing video recordings and motion picture films; computer software for creating, publishing, distributing, receiving, playing, storing, organizing, editing, scrubbing, encoding, decoding, compressing, and decompressing audio, video and multimedia data; computer software for modifying image, video and other file content and for converting such content into different formats; digital video recorders; video cameras; user manuals in electronic form sold with all the aforesaid goods.
International Class 038: Communication services; telecommunication services; broadcasting services; electronic transmission, streaming, and distribution of audio, audiovisual, and digital media content over global and local computer networks, including the Internet, to computers, mobile telephones, media players, and other mobile digital devices.
International Class 042: Providing temporary use of software via computer networks and global communication networks; application service provider (ASP) services featuring software for use in authoring, downloading, transmitting, receiving, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, compressing, decompressing, playing, storing and organizing audio, video, and digital images; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in authoring, downloading, transmitting, receiving, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, compressing, decompressing, playing, storing and organizing audio, video, and digital images; movie, film and video production and editing services; technical support, maintenance, and consulting services pertaining to computer software, computer hardware, video cameras and video editing equipment, and consumer electronics; rental of video cameras and video editing equipment, and computer hardware and software apparatus and equipment; computer programming; provision of information relating to video cameras and video editing equipment, and computer hardware and software, provided on-line from a global computer network or the Internet; creating and maintaining web-sites for others; hosting computer software applications and web sites of others on global computer networks; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid.
The trademarks list themselves as the priority filing which means that they'll be used for future priority claims on applications filed in the US, Canada and so forth. The trademark application numbers involved in today's published filings include: 010062041, 010062016, 010062008, 010059781, 010059731 and 010059591. Update # 2 June 28, 2011: As predicted, Apple's US trademark filings published today (for the same trademarks as noted in this report) claim priority via their European filings. Apple also has a new Final Cut Pro X webpage.
Update # 1, June 21, 2011, 2 PM MST: Apple Applies for iPhone 4 Design Trademark in China
China's Trademark Office database indicates that Apple has just filed for an iPhone 4 design trademark as detailed below.
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