Apple filed for new Trademarks in the U.S., Hong Kong & Europe this past week while being granted 18 visionOS Design Patents

This week, Apple filed several trademark filings in the U.S., Hong Kong and Europe (via Poland) covering 'Apple Sports' and the figurative version of the Apple App Store. Apple was also granted 18 design patents this past week for Europe that were originally filed in Germany specifically.

Trademarks for: Apple Sports

This week Apple filed for two trademarks in the U.S. and one in Hong Kong for Apple Sports in text form only.

#1 U.S. 98580217 was filed under International Class 009 covering the following:

"Computer software; computer software for providing, accessing, searching, browsing, displaying, and sharing information, current events news, sports news and information, sports scores, sports results, sports statistics, betting odds, information about athletes, fantasy sports information, sports competition information, commentary, sports videos, sports television, live sporting events, sports games, and other information, and other text, data, graphics, images, audio, video, and multimedia content; computer software for viewing sporting events; computer software for accessing information, data, and video content; computer software for streaming live sports content; computer software for accessing and viewing sports competitions, sports information, sports statistics, sports scores, betting odds, and other information, and other text, data, graphics, images, audio, video, and multimedia content; game software; computer software for viewing ongoing television programs; computer software for streaming of audio, video, and multimedia content."

#2 U.S. 98580223 was filed under International Class 041 covering the following:

"Entertainment services; providing news information; providing sports news and information, sports scores, sports results, sports statistics, betting odds, information about athletes, fantasy sports information, sports competition information, commentary, sports videos, sports television, live sporting events, and other information about sports; providing online, non-downloadable entertainment, sports, current events news, reality, documentary, and culture programs; entertainment services, namely, providing ongoing television programs in the field of sports via a computer network; entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of sports; providing non-downloadable computer games, electronic games, interactive games, and video games."

#3 Hong Kong #306570379 was filed under both International Classes 009 and 041 with the very same verbiage as noted in their U.S. filings.

Trademark: The Figurative version of the Apple App Store

If you thought that the 'Apple App Store' trademark would have been filed long ago, then you'd be wrong. Apple's official trademarks page shows otherwise. This week, Apple filed for the figurative version of the Apple App Store trademark under European application #019002365 which was filed in Warsaw, Poland. It was filed under three International Classes 009, 035 and 042 as noted in full below:

Class 009: "Computer software for use in browsing, searching, reviewing, purchasing, downloading, reviewing, and rating electronic computer games and computer software applications; computer software for use in searching and making purchases in online marketplaces for software applications."

Class 035: "Association services, namely, promoting artistic and technological progress and achievement in the fields of entertainment, video arts, social media, computer software applications, computer games, digital marketing, and music; retail store services featuring computer software and electronic computer games provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; retail store services featuring computer software and electronic computer games for use on computers, mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronic devices; Searching and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks and other electronic communication networks for others."

Class 042: Maintenance, repair and updating of computer software; Providing a website featuring technical information relating to computer software; providing information concerning computer software development via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; Providing computer software consulting services; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing and repairing computer software problems; computer services, namely, providing search engines for obtaining data via electronic communications networks; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software and hosting online facilities to enable users to program, organize and access audio, video, text, multimedia content and third-party computer software programs; Internet services, namely, creating indexes of information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks for others.

Oddly, the Australian Trademark Office shows that the trademark "Apple App Store," in text alone was registered back in 2017. The original Apple App Store icon as presented below was registered in Canada under #TMA869,448 back in January 2014.