Apple Trademarks 'Graphulator' and 'Bonjour'

MacRumors · 05:06 PM

A simple search for current trademarks by Apple Computer at The US Patent and Trademark office reveals a new trademark for "computer hardware; computer software" under the mark "Graphulator".

The trademark was filed on February 3rd 2005 by Apple Computer.

Apple has also trademarked 'Bonjour' in late January which is reportedly to be used to rename Apple's current Rendezvous technology due to litigation.

While Apple's trademarks have traditionally preceded new products, Apple does also hold trademarks for several names which have never been used. (Gigawire, iWrite and others)

dloomer · Feb 18, 2005, 04:47 PM

Why the hangup on French names? "Bonjour" sounds horrible.

ruud · Feb 18, 2005, 04:53 PM

I was under the impression it was going to be renamed OpenTalk?

Littleodie914 · Feb 18, 2005, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dloomer

"Bonjour" sounds horrible.

Sure does... C'mon Apple, you can come up with something better than that!

displaced · Feb 18, 2005, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dloomer

Why the hangup on French names? "Bonjour" sounds horrible.

'Rendezvous' always felt a bit cheeky to me. A bit 'nugde-nudge, wink-wink', 'quick knee-trembler in the store room', if you catch my drift.

'Bonjour' ... errr, doesn't really.

I certainly don't think a 'Bonjour' menu on my Safari bookmark bar would be all that great...

Diatribe · Feb 18, 2005, 04:59 PM

This may very well be the new graphing calculator. And Bonjour has got to be the worst name they could've chosen...

TenderBranson · Feb 18, 2005, 04:59 PM

3rd component to Iwork?

ravenvii · Feb 18, 2005, 05:00 PM

Maybe they plan to hold "Gigawire" until they can manage to suck 1 Gb through a USB/Firewire-derivative.

My opinion: Rendevzous > Bonjour.

And Graphulator = obviously new graph calculator.

dotnina · Feb 18, 2005, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenderBranson

3rd component to Iwork?

Probably the graphing calculator that will be a new feature in Tiger.

Loge · Feb 18, 2005, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diatribe

This may very well be the new graphing calculator. And Bonjour has got to be the worst name they could've chosen...

Well, apart from Graphulator, that is

Diatribe · Feb 18, 2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Loge

Well, apart from Graphulator, that is

Yeah, you're right. That's pretty bad too.

PlaceofDis · Feb 18, 2005, 05:05 PM

Graphulator, that sounds cheesy to me, just like Bonjour, but who knows what will happen, wonder why they went with Pages instead of iWrite though, and i bet once a gig can be moved though a firewire type cable gigawire will become a product.

will be interesting to see what these come out as, if anything

AmigoMac · Feb 18, 2005, 05:06 PM

Graphu.. hahaha! awful!!

Bon ... ???

Freedom fries Steve? (J/K)

backspinner · Feb 18, 2005, 05:08 PM

No kidding, some time ago I wrote an inhouse program that is called graphulator. It's a user front-end to a drawing library.

Chimera · Feb 18, 2005, 05:31 PM

Bonjour..ugh I don't like that if you're going to use a foreign language make it one that we don't know the translation of or one that isn't used much, i can't see hp saying 'the 5510n is Bonjour compatible' somehow oh well.

Graphulator sounds ok, i bet there will be a pre-installed dashboard widget in Tiger that also has some reduced features of this app, if not i'm sure someone will make it.

virividox · Feb 18, 2005, 05:38 PM

bonjour ick

autrefois · 06:29 PM

Is "Liaison" taken? That'd be better than "Bonjour."

Zigster · Feb 18, 2005, 05:49 PM

I'm sure marketing will get rid of the French names before they release the product.

fpnc · Feb 18, 2005, 05:53 PM

Bonjour is a little weak, but Graphulator is absolutely horrible (sounds like something an eight-year-old would think of). I can't see using a name like that except as some type of joke or perhaps as a playful name for a toy-like piece of software/hardware.

grabberslasher · Feb 18, 2005, 06:04 PM

FWIW all references to Rendezvous in Tiger have already been changed to "Bonjour" in the current seeds. Look like we're stuck with it

ebally · Feb 18, 2005, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by autrefois

Is "Liaison" taken? That's be better than "Bonjour."

I actually like "Liaison" a lot... It's a lot better than Bonjour! Quick, patent it and sell it to Apple!

LaMerVipere · Feb 18, 2005, 06:14 PM

Bonjour?

Doesn't quote roll of the tongue does it? (at least not when said in an american accent)

takao · Feb 18, 2005, 06:29 PM

while i have absolutly no feelings about "Bonjour" because it's simply to generic (and i think rendezvous is simply better)

"Graphulator" on the other side sounds like a transformer robot or something like that ... very cheesy ....

(anybody seen how Apple.de translated tigers Dashboard feature after the expo first ? "Schwebeplatte"..."hoovering plate" ...i nearly fell of the chair laughing... luckily the changed it to "Dashboard" on the german site as well)

ph34r teh gr4phoo|4tar

mainstreetmark · Feb 18, 2005, 07:13 PM

Anybody read the story of Graphing Calculator? Presumably written by two Apple guys who didn't really even work at Apple. They sneaked in every day and wrote it on a PPC prototype.

Can't find the link.

Brize · Feb 18, 2005, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mainstreetmark

Can't find the link.

Here you go:

http://www.pacifict.com/Story/

Feb 18, 2005, 04:36 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Trademarks 'Graphulator' and 'Bonjour' A simple search for current trademarks by Apple Computer at The US Patent and Trademark office reveals a new trademark for "computer hardware; computer software" under the mark "Graphulator". The trademark was filed on February 3rd 2005 by Apple Computer. Apple has also trademarked 'Bonjour' in late January which is reportedly to be used to rename Apple's current Rendezvous technology due to litigation. While Apple's trademarks have traditionally preceded new products, Apple does also hold trademarks for several names which have never been used. (Gigawire, iWrite and others) Last edited by arn : Feb 18, 2005 at 05:06 PM.

Feb 18, 2005, 04:53 PM	#3
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Feb 18, 2005, 04:59 PM	#6
Diatribe macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Costa Rica (yes, I moved)	This may very well be the new graphing calculator. And Bonjour has got to be the worst name they could've chosen... __________________ Knowledge - fueled by curiosity Mac Beginner's Guide \| My Adium Xtras

Feb 18, 2005, 04:59 PM	#7
TenderBranson macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2003	Graphulatorr? 3rd component to Iwork? __________________ Disco Biscuits: 03/24, 03/25, 03/26. Can't wait..

Feb 18, 2005, 05:00 PM	#8
ravenvii macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Melenkurion Skyweir	Maybe they plan to hold "Gigawire" until they can manage to suck 1 Gb through a USB/Firewire-derivative. My opinion: Rendevzous > Bonjour. And Graphulator = obviously new graph calculator. __________________ You spoony bard!

Feb 18, 2005, 04:47 PM	#2
dloomer macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2003	Why the hangup on French names? "Bonjour" sounds horrible.

Feb 18, 2005, 05:05 PM	#12
PlaceofDis macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago.	Graphulator, that sounds cheesy to me, just like Bonjour, but who knows what will happen, wonder why they went with Pages instead of iWrite though, and i bet once a gig can be moved though a firewire type cable gigawire will become a product. will be interesting to see what these come out as, if anything __________________ dim my eyes on the waves of confessions... SpringWarmCold

Feb 18, 2005, 05:06 PM	#13
AmigoMac macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: l'Allemagne	Graphu.. hahaha! awful!! Bon ... ??? Freedom fries Steve? (J/K) __________________ No Mac no fun...

Feb 18, 2005, 05:08 PM	#14
backspinner macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eindhoven	No kidding, some time ago I wrote an inhouse program that is called graphulator. It's a user front-end to a drawing library.

Feb 18, 2005, 05:31 PM	#15
Chimera macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Surrey, England	Bonjour..ugh I don't like that if you're going to use a foreign language make it one that we don't know the translation of or one that isn't used much, i can't see hp saying 'the 5510n is Bonjour compatible' somehow oh well. Graphulator sounds ok, i bet there will be a pre-installed dashboard widget in Tiger that also has some reduced features of this app, if not i'm sure someone will make it. __________________ If I had more time, I would have written a shorter post

Feb 18, 2005, 05:38 PM	#16
virividox macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manila - Nottingham - Philadelphia - Santa Barbara - Boston (ugh hate not knowing where to call home)	bonjour ick __________________ 17" MBP , 2 gig ram, 200 gig fw800 + 120 gig fw400 + 250 gig usb2 ext, 5g 80gig Ipod, Tiger d200 & d70

Feb 18, 2005, 05:47 PM	#17
autrefois macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere in the USA	Is "Liaison" taken? That'd be better than "Bonjour." Last edited by autrefois : Feb 18, 2005 at 06:29 PM. Reason: typo

Feb 18, 2005, 05:49 PM	#18
Zigster macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2004	I'm sure marketing will get rid of the French names before they release the product.

Feb 18, 2005, 05:53 PM	#19
fpnc macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2002	Bonjour is a little weak, but Graphulator is absolutely horrible (sounds like something an eight-year-old would think of). I can't see using a name like that except as some type of joke or perhaps as a playful name for a toy-like piece of software/hardware.

Feb 18, 2005, 06:04 PM	#20
grabberslasher macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Éire	FWIW all references to Rendezvous in Tiger have already been changed to "Bonjour" in the current seeds. Look like we're stuck with it

Feb 18, 2005, 06:14 PM	#22
LaMerVipere macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago	Bonjour? Doesn't quote roll of the tongue does it? (at least not when said in an american accent) __________________ MacBook Pro + iPhone 3G

Feb 18, 2005, 06:29 PM	#23
takao macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dornbirn/Innsbruck (Austria)	while i have absolutly no feelings about "Bonjour" because it's simply to generic (and i think rendezvous is simply better) "Graphulator" on the other side sounds like a transformer robot or something like that ... very cheesy .... (anybody seen how Apple.de translated tigers Dashboard feature after the expo first ? "Schwebeplatte"..."hoovering plate" ...i nearly fell of the chair laughing... luckily the changed it to "Dashboard" on the german site as well) ph34r teh gr4phoo\|4tar __________________ cause when the world is over we're still the boys from nowhere and tonight, tonight we're coming home

Feb 18, 2005, 07:13 PM	#24
mainstreetmark macrumors 68000 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL	Anybody read the story of Graphing Calculator? Presumably written by two Apple guys who didn't really even work at Apple. They sneaked in every day and wrote it on a PPC prototype. Can't find the link. __________________ iTunesRegistry.com <-- v3.0 Now Playing

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