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Trademark filed for Leopard System Preferences logo
updated 04:00 pm EDT, Thu August 7, 2008
Leopard system prefs logo
Apple has applied for a trademark for its System Preferences logo, according to new filings. The US Patent and Trademark Office published Apple's trademark filing #77535337 on August 6. The filing is a TEAS Plus application under Class 009 (computer Software for managing user system settings and preferences). The logo being trademarked is presented below, both in its simplified visual representation and its actual sample forms. The image is used in all recent versions of the Dock in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Stupid patents are stupid
08/07, 04:49pm (1 reply) reply
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Horsepoo!!!
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which is why...
08/07, 06:34pm reply
..they did not get a patent, they got a trademark.
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08/07, 07:24pm reply
hecklers....clueless!
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