Apple Files for Updated "Mac" Trademark to Cover Online Music Subscriptions and Gaming Console
The European IP Office database for trademarks has revealed that Apple had applied for an update to their "Mac" trademark sometime last week. The application was officially filed last Tuesday, just days ahead of the WWDC keynote event held yesterday at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. Apple introduced their long awaited iTunes Radio music service which will be integrated into their next generation mobile operating system iOS 7. The newly filed application covers online music and video subscriptions in addition to a gaming machine.
Apple's European Trademark Application In-Part for "Mac"
Apple's International Class Details for "Mac" TM
Apple has filed their "Mac" trademark application in Europe under twenty-eight International Classes as follows: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
While Apple's trademark was filed under classes which cover everything from asbestos to veterinary services, there were two notables including online music services and a gaming machine under International Classes 009 and 0034 respectively. Here Apple specifically includes matters associated with "online music subscription service, software that enables users to play and program music and entertainment-related audio, video, text and multi-media content, software featuring musical sound recordings, entertainment-related audio, video, text and multi-media content." Apple also listed "electronic games; computer software and computer hardware apparatus with multimedia and interactive functions; computer gaming machines."
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