Apple Files a Trademark for Podcasting Related Symbol
On July 26, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s second trademark of the day which is that of a new symbol filed under application number 77235043. Apple simply describes the mark as “consisting of a stylized person or antenna surrounded by concentric circles/broadcast waves.” Apple’s new symbol is currently being used in context with podcasting, as presented below.
Apple’s trademark symbol was filed under International Classes 009, 35, 38, 41 and 42 which are described below in detail. Apple’s attorney of record is noted as being Lisa G. Widup.
Apple’s Proof of Commerce
Apple’s webpage for iTunes 7 prominently displays the new symbol, as shown here, in context with podcasting. Apple website states “Want to listen to your favorite radio shows and audio and video programs anytime? The iTunes Store offers over a hundred thousand podcasts, from both big names and independent creators.
Get podcasts, served fresh daily: Simply find the podcasts you want, subscribe free, and voila! With the click of a button, you get the most recent episode — and all future episodes — automatically delivered directly to your iTunes podcast playlist. Or download past episodes by just clicking the Get button. Listen to your podcasts on your computer with iTunes, or sync them with your iPod and listen on the go.” See Apple’s webpage for more details.
International Classes
Apple’s latest trademark filling covered the following International Classifications in detail, as follows:
International Class 009: Digital electronic devices for recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, and reviewing audio, video, images, and other multimedia content; computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, manipulating, reproducing, processing, streaming, playing and reviewing audio, video, images, and other multimedia content on digital electronic devices; computer hardware and software for controlling the operation of audio, video, and multimedia devices and for viewing, searching, or playing audio, video, images and other multimedia content; computer software for encoding, publishing and distributing audio, video, images, and other multimedia content via the internet and other communication networks; downloadable digital audio, video, and multimedia files and recordings; webcasts and podcasts featuring audio, video, and other multimedia broadcasts; telephones; television set top boxes.
International Class 35: Retail store services featuring prerecorded audio, video, and other multimedia works in the field of entertainment and education.
International Class 38: Webcasting, namely broadcasting via the internet; transmission, download, and streaming of digital audio, video, images, and other multimedia content via computer and other communications networks.
International Class 41: Entertainment and educational services, namely, providing online facilities to enable users to program and distribute audio, video, images, text, and other multimedia content in the field of entertainment and education in via the internet and other communications networks.
International Class 42: Providing online databases, directories, and indexes of audio, video, images, and other multimedia content in the fields of entertainment and education; application service provider (ASP) services featuring software that enables users to play, program, and distribute audio, video, images, text and other multimedia content in the field of entertainment and education.
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Written and researched by Neo.
