Apple's Trademark Application In-Part for "Touch ID"

Apple filed for the Touch ID trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office under serial numbers 86176209 and 86176178 which is illustrated in-part below.

According to US Patent and Trademark Office's documentation, Apple's trademark was filed under two International Classes as detailed below:

International Class 009: which covers the following "Computers; computer peripheral devices; computer hardware; handheld computers; tablet computers; handheld digital electronic devices and software related thereto; handheld mobile digital electronic devices capable of providing access to the Internet and for the sending, receiving, and storing of telephone calls, electronic mail, and other digital data; car audio apparatus; audio components and accessories; telecommunications apparatus and instruments; global positioning system (GPS) devices; telephones; wireless communication devices for voice, data or image transmission; cables; apparatus for data storage; global positioning system (GPS) computer software; computer software for use in recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, and reviewing text, data, audio files, video files and electronic games in connection with computers, televisions, television set-top boxes, audio players, video players, media players, telephones, and handheld digital electronic devices; computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics; cables, chargers, docks, docking stations, interfaces, and adapters for use with all of the aforesaid goods; computer equipment for use with all of the aforesaid goods; accessories, parts, fittings, and testing apparatus for all of the aforesaid goods; and covers, bags and cases adapted or shaped to contain all of the aforesaid goods."

International Class 035: Business consulting services; advertising agency services; advertising, marketing, and promotion services; advertising and marketing consultation; sales promotion services; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods for review and purchase; promoting the goods and services of others; analysis of advertising response and market research; administration of consumer loyalty programs; arranging and conducting incentive rewards programs to promote the sale of goods and services of others; providing business, consumer, and commercial information over computer networks and global communication networks; business services, namely, providing computer databases regarding the purchase and sale of a wide variety of products and services of others; retail store services; online retail store services provided via the Internet and other electronic and communications networks; retail store services in the field of books, magazines, periodicals, newsletters, journals and other publications on a wide range of topics of general interest; retail store services in the field of entertainment featuring movies, television programs, cultural events, sporting events, electronic games, computer software applications, musical works, and audio and audiovisual works; retail store services featuring computers, consumer electronics, telecommunications apparatus, mobile phones, handheld digital electronic devices, computer software, and accessories, peripherals, and carrying cases for such products; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid.

Apple asserts a claim of priority based on Jamaican application number 63134, filed 07/31/2013.

Update: Apple filed for Touch ID with the same International Classes in China under application number 302878921. 

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