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USPTO withdraws main objections to iPad mini trademark

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:02:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364477949_ipadmini-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />main objections to Apple's trademark application for the iPad mini, reports say. The examiner initially rejected the application because the name was seen as descriptive, and due to the offi...]]>

Hearing-aid company sues Apple over 'EarPod' trademark

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:57:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364929367_Randolph-Divisions-Hearpod-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />"HearPod" is suing Apple over its discovered that the CIPO deactivated the ...]]>

Apple wins rights to iPod classic, Newsstand icon designs

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360683712_ipod4gpatent.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />two new design trademarks via the US Patent and Trademark Office. The first is for the fourth-generation iPod classic, at the time still known as just the iPod. The fourth-gen, releas...]]>

USPTO grants trademarks for Apple Store design

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:06:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350182458_Apple-LeawoodKS-robbery-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Reuters reports. Filings describe a "clear glass storefront surrounded by a paneled facade," and an interior with an "oblong table with stools...set below video screens flush mounted on the back wall." Apple first applied for the trademarks ...]]>

Amazon wins dismissal of Apple lawsuit over 'Appstore' name

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:48:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1111/amazonappstore2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bloomberg reports. Apple has filed for a US trademark on the name "App Store," and in the court case it argued that Amazon's use of the term "Appstore" is intentionally confusing. Amazon countered, thou...]]>

Chinese government cracking down on 'malicious' trademarks

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:43:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1202/chinaipad2raid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Reuters reports. A proposed amendment is expected to better protect international brands sold in the country, and give copyright owners the ability to block similar or identical trademark registrations. The change is said to have been prompted by a number of high...]]>

Apple files for European trademark on logo leaf

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:10:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355177459_appleleaf.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Register says. The submission was made to the European Trademark Registry on December 3rd, using lawyers from a London firm called Edwards Wildman. If granted, the

Apple gets rights to 'Lightning' name from Harley-Davidson

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:51:00 GMT

Apple loses Music icon trademark due to MySpace/iLike logo

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:38:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348695538_musicios.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />say. The US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is this week said to have upheld an examiner's decision o...]]>