On October 18, the European Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s latest trademark/service mark titled ‘Time Machine’ filed under application number 005348917. The Priority status notes that the trademark was originally filed in Trinidad Tobago on May 4, 2006 under number 37217. The new trademark is noted as only covering International Classification 9 (Electrical and scientific apparatus). Apple previews Time Machine on their Mac OS X Leopard Sneak Peak web page which begins with the following:

You back up your system regularly, right? Well, you would. If you had a better way to do it. With Mac OS X Leopard and Time Machine, not only can you back up and preserve everything on your Mac — including priceless digital photos, music, movies, and documents — without lifting a finger, you can go back in time to recover anything you’ve ever backed up.

Apple’s Trademark Classification Coverage in Full

International Class 9: Computer hardware and software; computer operating system software; computer utility software; computer software for data backup; computer software for protecting, restoring and recovering data.

On October ninth, MacNN covered Apple’s new trademark filing in Europe for ‘Time Tunnel.’ It was noted in that report that the International Classifications associated with Time Tunnel included classifications 9 (Electrical and scientific apparatus), 38 (Communication services) and 42 (Services, scientific, research, design).

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Written and researched by Neo.