On May 09 Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple Acquires Beddit, Developer behind a Sleep Tracking App." Apple has now filed for a trademark covering this product name starting in Hong Kong. Apple has filed their application under five international classes covering such things as electronic sensors that measure and track general well-being, sleep patterns, sleep quality, respiration sounds, respiration movements, heart rate, limb movements and more. It's also covered as a medical device and for medical research as well as for beds, linens, bedroom furniture and more. And lastly, Apple's trademark renewal for WaveBurner popped up in the Hong Kong database this week. What that's about is unknown at this time.

Apple's Hong Kong Trademark Application In-Part for 'Beddit'

International Classes

Apple's trademark filing covers five international classes protecting the trademark as follows:

Class 9: "Electric or electronic sensors used to measure, collect and track general well-being, sleep patterns, sleep quality, respiration sounds, respiration movements, heart rate, limb movements, and movement activity during sleep for scientific purposes; electric or electronic sensors used to measure, collect and track environmental variables, namely, temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise during sleep for scientific purposes; computer software, and software applications for mobile devices used for collection and analysis of variables related to sleep, general well-being, health and environmental variables, namely, temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise during sleep; computer software and monitoring software used to collect, measure, analyze, and track data for sleep research; software used for promoting sleep hygiene, healthy living, general health, and for measuring environmental variables, namely, computer software to organize personal sleep data or featuring information in the field of sleep hygiene, healthy living, general health, and for measuring environmental variables, namely, temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise during sleep; medical devices, namely, electronic storage device in the nature of memory media for storing collected information on sleep patterns, well-being, health and environmental variables, namely, temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise during sleep for scientific purposes; software; measuring, detecting and monitoring instruments, indicators and controllers; tracking devices; sensors and detectors; monitoring instruments; data processing equipment and accessories (electrical and mechanical).

Class 10: "Medical apparatus, namely, sensors and measuring devices used to measure, collect and track health information; medical apparatus, namely, sensors and measuring devices used to measure, collect and track health information, namely, sleep patterns, sleep quality, respiration sounds, respiration movements, heart rate, limb movements, and movement activity; medical apparatus, namely, sensors and measuring devices used to measure, collect and track environmental variables, namely, temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise, all for medical and healthcare purposes; medical instruments featuring embedded software for supply and analysis of information on sleep patterns, general well-being, namely, sleep quality, respiration, respiration sounds, respiration movements, body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, limb movements, body movements, movement activity during sleep, and environmental variables, namely, room temperature, light, air quality, and ambient noise; medical diagnostic devices utilizing information about the measured sleep phase featuring clocks, wake-up lights, sensors and software, all sold as a unit; medical devices, namely, beds, mattresses and mattress covers with embedded sensors for tracking sleep patterns, health information and environmental variables, all for medical and healthcare purposes, for medical and healthcare purposes; medical apparatus and instruments."

Class 20: "Beds; pillows; mattresses; mattress cushions; mattress toppers; mattress foundations; bedroom furniture; bedroom furniture, namely, bed frames, bedside tables, drawers and shelves.'

Class 24: "Bed sheets and linens; pillow cases used in bedding; bed blankets; mattress covers"

Class 42: "Research, design and development of software, sensors and devices for tracking sleep patterns, general wellbeing, health information, and environmental variables; providing non-downloadable software, applications and software for mobile devices for use in collection, analysis, measuring and monitoring of variables related to sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep patterns, sleep quality, sleep research, respiration sounds, respiration movements, heart rate, limb movements, movement activity, healthy living, physical training, general well-being, health and environmental variables, such as temperature, light, air quality and ambient noise; design and development of computer hardware and software; software programming.

Apple Files for 'WaveBurner' Trademark in Hong Kong

WaveBurner is/was a Mac OS X professional application bundled with Logic Studio. I don't know if this is being blindly updated or renewed for legal purposes unknown or if this app is going to make a comeback – though it's hard to see that happening. Nevertheless, the trademark filing in-part is shown below popping up in the Hong Kong database this week.

Apple filed their trademark under 09 covering "Computer software; computer software for the mastering, encoding and burning of compact discs."

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