On August 31, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s latest trademark/service mark application serial number 78960750 for Boot Camp originally filed on August 25, 2006 in the U.S. Apple claims priority based on a foreign filing in Trinidad Tobago (TTX) under application number 36993, filed 03/07/2006.15 U.S.C. Section 1126(d), as amended.

Excerpts of the U.S. Trademark Application

The literal element of the mark consists of BOOT CAMP.

The applicant, Apple Computer, Inc., a corporation of California, residing at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, United States, 95014, requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended.

The applicant, or the applicant’s related company or licensee, is using the mark in commerce, and lists below the dates of use by the applicant, or the applicant’s related company, licensee, or predecessor in interest, of the mark on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended.

International Class 009: Computer operating system management software; computer software to configure, install and manage other software; computer utility software.

In International Class 009, the mark was first used at least as early as 04/05/2006, and first used in commerce at least as early as 04/05/2006, and is now in use in such commerce. The applicant is submitting or will submit one specimen for each class showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the class of listed goods and/or services, consisting of a(n) screen capture of Applicant’s website where customers can obtain BOOT CAMP software.

Priority based on foreign filing: Applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services and asserts a claim of priority based on Trinidad and Tobago (TTX) application number, 36993, filed 03/07/2006.15 U.S.C. Section 1126(d), as amended.

[Neo's Note: Apple's Specimen – 1 was in fact its Boot Camp webpage .]

Apple’s Euro Filing Reveals More

Apple’s Euro trademark/service mark filling for Boot Camp was published today under serial number 005284476 which reveals additional information. The Euro filing adds two other International Classes applied to Boot Camp as follows:

International Class 38: Communications and telecommunications services; provision of on-line communications services; communications via a global computer network or the Internet; electronic mail, message sending and receiving services; broadcasting services; provision of access to web pages; transmission and distribution of data or audio-visual images via a global computer network or the Internet; providing access to MP3 web sites on the Internet; delivery of digital music by telecommunications; providing access to digital music web sites on the Internet; leasing access time to a computer database; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid.

International Class 42: Computer hardware and software consulting services; rental of computer hardware and software apparatus and equipment; multimedia and audio-visual software consulting services; computer programming; support and consultation services for developing computer systems, databases and applications; graphic design for the compilation of web pages on the Internet; information relating to computer hardware or software provided on-line from a global computer network or the Internet; creating and maintaining web-sites; design and development of web-sites featuring multimedia materials; hosting the web-sites of others; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid.

Apple’s Euro filing was prepared by Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP of London.

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