“On October 18, the US Patent & Trademark Office published two of Apple’s iPhone Design Trademark applications [respectively] numbered 77303256 and 77303282,” Neo reports for MacNN.
“In both applications, Apple has filed for iPhone design trademark protection under International Class 009 which is detailed below. Apple’s design trademark applications were accompanied by an unprecedented number of evidence specimens, numbering more than 170. Most of the evidence presented consisted of newspaper headline and/or cartoon PDF’s,” Neo reports.
Full article, with images, here.
Y’all in for some trouble now! It’s about to get ugly!
This is a tough one. One one hand, Apple has a tremendous headstart, but brazen mimicry is insulting.
I always hope their innovation will inspire completely different expressions of such, different in an equally stimulating way.
But it’s always easier to follow.
“But it’s always easier to follow.”
Yeah, Steve and Bill and everyone else at the Redmond campus. The view is always the same when you’re #2! (No offense meant to the Zune.)
He said number 2… hehe, hehe, he.
Like the blantant theft in the Chinese made “tPhone” shown here?
Good luck suing these slimy thieves. I wonder how much lead is used in those pieces of crap?
If America’s history of innovation is to continue, we need a president that will fight to keep our intellectual property secure.
Vote Mitt Romney.
We also need a president who will fight to keep our children secure…
How about a president who fights first for the people and then big businesses?
@ January 24, 1984: Why is it tough? What’s on the other hand? Why shouldn’t Apple trademark the heck out of the iPhone case design, home screen, icons, and everything else they can?
Much of this is what makes the iPhone an iPhone — underneath it’s just some chips wired together with a screen and a battery, much like every other phone out there. It’s the software and Apple’s superior industrial design that makes it what it is, and I think Apple should patent and trademark every little bit of it.
I wonder if Apple inc will invent a patent stitcher? A gadget that records ones creation from start to end and then validates unique features which can then be submitted for patent protection.
If they do, I would like to be paid for prior ideas and concept, also contact me for further discussion on the way forward with this.
Yours Sincerely
Crabapple
How about a President who will abide by the Constitution.
How about a president that’s not a right wing nut job?
How bout u folks just get a Real President? Apparently some guy on the Bin Laden’s payroll been pretending to do the job for a while now…
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MW: before – Before George there was Al, too bad George’s bro was guv of the defining state
Hey, I want to be president!!