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03/31/2008, 10:20pm, EDT

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Apple applies for App Store icon patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office today published Apple's trademark application concerning the icon for the upcoming iPhone/iPod touch application store. The logo, which is displayed in almost every piece of documentation related to the developer's program, will be present on all iPhone and iPod touch devices when the service officially launches later this year. The design resembles Apple's traditional application icon – the stylized letter "A" constructed from a paintbrush, pencil and ruler.


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macbuddha06
looks like...
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03/31, 10:38pm, EDT
Looks remarkably like the old Appleworks logo. And I just dated myself, didn't I?
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doolz
@macbuddha06
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03/31, 10:42pm, EDT
Don't worry, I thought the same thing!
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leesmith2
Please Fix Headline
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03/31, 11:01pm, EDT
The headline 'Apple applies for App Store icon patent' is incorrect. That's not for a patent, it's a graphical representation, so it's a trademark. The body of the story has it correct.
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elroth
re: logo
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03/31, 11:54pm, EDT
That's an unattractive logo. I'm surprised at Apple - well, maybe not, given the ugly folders in Leopard. Apple's product design team is first class, but their graphic design team has been pretty bad lately.
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Sebastien
A trademark is NOT a pate
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04/01, 10:00am, EDT
geez - how hard is it to get the details straight?
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Clive
design patent
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04/01, 12:06pm, EDT
Actually, in the USA you can have design patents - but I think in this case it is a trademark application. Seems doomed to failure given that it's just a black and white representation of Apple's existing application icon.
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Feynman
Wait
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04/01, 1:48pm, EDT
It's not the anarchy symbol? Just kidding :)
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