Apple 'Garage Band'? - New Trademark

MacRumors · 03:52 AM

Apple has filed for a new Trademark with United States Patent and Trademark Office in August 2003.

The newest Trademark is "Garage Band", categorized under "computers, computer software, and computer peripherals; computers, computer software, and computer peripherals."

Apple still has a number of unused Trademarks. Most recently, they registered for a number of animal names -- including Lynx, Cougar, Leopard and Tiger, which could potentially be future OS codename/releases. Other examples of unused names include: Junkyard, XGrid, and Gigawire.

Keynote was first mentioned in a Trademark application in October 2002, and became a shipping product at MacWorld San Francisco 2003.

arn · Sep 14, 2003, 03:51 AM

I'm sure speculation will run wild on this one...

but the first thing that popped into my mind was the thought that with Apple iTunes Music Store... Apple is a 1/2 step away from becoming a record label themselves... signing bands directly and distributing their music.

arn

simX · Sep 14, 2003, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by arn
I'm sure speculation will run wild on this one...

but the first thing that popped into my mind was the thought that with Apple iTunes Music Store... Apple is a 1/2 step away from becoming a record label themselves... signing bands directly and distributing their music.

arn

Wait... wouldn't that spark a lawsuit from Apple Recor.... oh, wait.

cb911 · Sep 14, 2003, 04:08 AM

good to see that Apple is thinking ahead... that 'Junkyard' name sounds cool as well...

Tobsen · Sep 14, 2003, 04:31 AM

Potential consumer iLogic Audio?

Tequila Grandma · Sep 14, 2003, 04:37 AM

Hmm, this is a rather odd name acquisition for Apple. I'm still not quite sure just what they would do with it - it's most likely iTMS related, but I suppose there's a slim chance it's related to some other department.

*head fills with thoughts of G5s growing arms and legs and playing instruments in my garage*

C14ru5 · 04:47 AM

Imagine:

"With Garage Band - included with the latest Logic Audio software, you and your friends can distribute YOUR OWN music through the iTunes music store, not just for family or friends, but for the whole world! No need need to deal with pesky lawyers or marketing hazards, Garage Band gives your music an audience which it deserves. Complete with .Mac integration, you can also have a homepage that your listeners can visit..."

...or something like that

jj2003 · Sep 14, 2003, 04:43 AM

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Originally posted by Tobsen
Potential consumer iLogic Audio?

Hopefully it will be just that. I have been trying to find easy to use and cheap program for making music on Mac. I have not found a good one for me yet.

Apple making a consumer program means user friendliness. Also the engine for the program would be good as they already own Logic Audio that is one of the best programs in the industry. Atleast that's what I have been hearing. I found no demo versio of it available

BaghdadBob · Sep 14, 2003, 04:48 AM

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Originally posted by simX
Wait... wouldn't that spark a lawsuit from Apple Recor.... oh, wait.

Yeah, no kidding. Not like there is any current reason Apple records should feel like there is any mistaking them and Apple Corp.

It's so stupid. They're just looking to make some more money without doing much of anything, just like the decade in precedence.

Anyway, as far as the actual rumor in question...uh...too many possibilities...

skanker · Sep 14, 2003, 05:13 AM

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Originally posted by jj2003
Hopefully it will be just that. I have been trying to find easy to use and cheap program for making music on Mac. I have not found a good one for me yet.

What about Apple Soundtrack? Isn't that what are you looking for?

johnnowak · Sep 14, 2003, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by C14ru5
Imagine:

"With Garage Band - included with the latest Logic Audio software, you and your friends can distribute YOUR OWN music through the iTunes music store, not just for family or friends, but for the whole world! No need need to deal with pesky lawyers or marketing hazards, Garage Band gives your music an audience which it deserves. Complete with .Mac integration, you can also have a homepage that your listeners can visit..."

...or something like that

That would be like bundling a broken hotwheel with a Porsche.

gotohamish · Sep 14, 2003, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by C14ru5
Imagine:

"With Garage Band - included with the latest Logic Audio software, you and your friends can distribute YOUR OWN music through the iTunes music store, not just for family or friends, but for the whole world! No need need to deal with pesky lawyers or marketing hazards, Garage Band gives your music an audience which it deserves. Complete with .Mac integration, you can also have a homepage that your listeners can visit..."

...or something like that

I like your thinking.

Afterall, Apple started in a garage!

Machead III · Sep 14, 2003, 05:59 AM

The most obvious thing is for it to be a service allowing small bands to publish their music on the iTunes Music Store, but yeah that would be a huge breach of their deely wit Apple Records.

C14ru5 · Sep 14, 2003, 06:06 AM

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Originally posted by johnnowak
That would be like bundling a broken hotwheel with a Porsche.

Well, then Apple needs to beef up SoundTrack a bit. Right now (from a musician's point of view) it's pathetic. Welcome, iMusic!

cheesy · Sep 14, 2003, 06:10 AM

Apple seems to be slowly trying to breech that damn contract with Apple Records. First they changed their name from Apple Computer to Apple, then they released the iPod, then iTunes MS, then Soundtrack, now "Garage Band"?

Screw Apple Records

LoopHoles · Sep 14, 2003, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cheesy
Apple seems to be slowly trying to breech that damn contract with Apple Records. First they changed their name from Apple Computer to Apple, then they released the iPod, then iTunes MS, then Soundtrack, now "Garage Band"?

Screw Apple Records

they should just get a new name. Beatle Records. there! it's almost the same.

and apple computer is still Apple Computer, Inc.

Garage Band will be the section of the iTMS that promotes indie artists.

Analog Kid · Sep 14, 2003, 06:48 AM

My hope would be a consumer grade digital recording studio.

Linking with iTMS would be interesting, but getting these tools into the hands of amateurs would be good enough for me.

I'm thinking along the lines of the reduced version of Final Cut...

Sol · Sep 14, 2003, 08:15 AM

Garage Band sounds like a category for self-published music. Perhaps Apple will offer this as a new service for .Mac subscribers or maybe as part of a package with Logic included.

As for the Apple Corps lawsuit, it is most likely to end in a huge settlement deal which Apple (the computer company) can more than afford. It is either that or hiring assasins to bump off the remaining Beatles and Yoko Ono.

MetallicPenguin · Sep 14, 2003, 08:25 AM

Where did Garage Band come from? I don't see that anywhere in the rumor.

danielbaars · Sep 14, 2003, 08:32 AM

Being a musician myself I was surprised by this newsitem. Garage Band already exists in the form of a cool website (http://www.garageband.com) that presents a nice way of showing your music to the world. It's been a while since I put any of my tunes on there but when I did it was nice to read the regular feedback I got from visitors to the site.

Is Apple planning a take-over?

Musically yours,

Daniel Baars

sandsl · Sep 14, 2003, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MetallicPenguin
Where did Garage Band come from? I don't see that anywhere in the rumor.

Try reading the rumor.

bennetsaysargh · Sep 14, 2003, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by C14ru5
Imagine:

"With Garage Band - included with the latest Logic Audio software, you and your friends can distribute YOUR OWN music through the iTunes music store, not just for family or friends, but for the whole world! No need need to deal with pesky lawyers or marketing hazards, Garage Band gives your music an audience which it deserves. Complete with .Mac integration, you can also have a homepage that your listeners can visit..."

...or something like that

i like your thinking too. that would be the best!

Quote:

Originally posted by danielbaars
Being a musician myself I was surprised by this newsitem. Garage Band already exists in the form of a cool website (http://www.garageband.com) that presents a nice way of showing your music to the world. It's been a while since I put any of my tunes on there but when I did it was nice to read the regular feedback I got from visitors to the site.

Is Apple planning a take-over?

that would be a possibility i suppose

MetallicPenguin · Sep 14, 2003, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sandsl
Try reading the rumor.

Oops! I read the rumor and then I read this htne read the middle of the rumor and didn't see it. Sorry I'm an idiot and I had just woken up...

ThomasJefferson · Sep 14, 2003, 09:25 AM

Since Apple is being sued by Apple, maybe "cat fancy" magazine will sue Apple - for using feline names it had in print first.

I won't worry till microsoft names a future operating system, "Microsoft Apocalypse".

pivo6 · Sep 14, 2003, 09:28 AM

I think it's the name of Steve's new band whose music will only be available through iTunes.

Actually I think it will be the introduction of small label artists to iTunes.

Sep 14, 2003, 03:48 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Apple has filed for a new Trademark with United States Patent and Trademark Office in August 2003. The newest Trademark is "Garage Band", categorized under "computers, computer software, and computer peripherals; computers, computer software, and computer peripherals." Apple still has a number of unused Trademarks. Most recently, they registered for a number of animal names -- including Lynx, Cougar, Leopard and Tiger, which could potentially be future OS codename/releases. Other examples of unused names include: Junkyard, XGrid, and Gigawire. Keynote was first mentioned in a Trademark application in October 2002, and became a shipping product at MacWorld San Francisco 2003. Last edited by arn : Sep 14, 2003 at 03:52 AM.

Sep 14, 2003, 04:37 AM	#6
Tequila Grandma macrumors regular Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston MA	Hmm, this is a rather odd name acquisition for Apple. I'm still not quite sure just what they would do with it - it's most likely iTMS related, but I suppose there's a slim chance it's related to some other department. head fills with thoughts of G5s growing arms and legs and playing instruments in my garage __________________ Wore a hat, had a job, brought home the bacon.

Sep 14, 2003, 04:40 AM	#7
C14ru5 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway, Sector ZZ9 PluralZ Alpha	Imagine: "With Garage Band - included with the latest Logic Audio software, you and your friends can distribute YOUR OWN music through the iTunes music store, not just for family or friends, but for the whole world! No need need to deal with pesky lawyers or marketing hazards, Garage Band gives your music an audience which it deserves. Complete with .Mac integration, you can also have a homepage that your listeners can visit..." ...or something like that __________________ /C14ru5 Last edited by C14ru5 : Sep 14, 2003 at 04:47 AM.

Sep 14, 2003, 05:59 AM	#13
Machead III macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK, France	The most obvious thing is for it to be a service allowing small bands to publish their music on the iTunes Music Store, but yeah that would be a huge breach of their deely wit Apple Records. __________________ "Radical means grasping things at the root!" - Angela Davis "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it all." - Noam Chomsky "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you're only going to kill a man!" - Che Guevara (moments before assassination)

Sep 14, 2003, 06:48 AM	#17
Analog Kid macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2003	My hope would be a consumer grade digital recording studio. Linking with iTMS would be interesting, but getting these tools into the hands of amateurs would be good enough for me. I'm thinking along the lines of the reduced version of Final Cut... __________________ "Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk hand-in-hand." --Peart

Sep 14, 2003, 03:51 AM	#2
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	I'm sure speculation will run wild on this one... but the first thing that popped into my mind was the thought that with Apple iTunes Music Store... Apple is a 1/2 step away from becoming a record label themselves... signing bands directly and distributing their music. arn

Sep 14, 2003, 04:08 AM	#4
cb911 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia	good to see that Apple is thinking ahead... that 'Junkyard' name sounds cool as well...

Sep 14, 2003, 04:31 AM	#5
Tobsen macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany	Potential consumer iLogic Audio?

Sep 14, 2003, 06:10 AM	#15
cheesy macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA / Seattle, WA	Apple seems to be slowly trying to breech that damn contract with Apple Records. First they changed their name from Apple Computer to Apple, then they released the iPod, then iTunes MS, then Soundtrack, now "Garage Band"? Screw Apple Records

Sep 14, 2003, 08:15 AM	#18
Sol macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Australia	Self-Publishing service Garage Band sounds like a category for self-published music. Perhaps Apple will offer this as a new service for .Mac subscribers or maybe as part of a package with Logic included. As for the Apple Corps lawsuit, it is most likely to end in a huge settlement deal which Apple (the computer company) can more than afford. It is either that or hiring assasins to bump off the remaining Beatles and Yoko Ono. __________________ DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER

Sep 14, 2003, 08:25 AM	#19
MetallicPenguin macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NC, USA	Where did Garage Band come from? I don't see that anywhere in the rumor.

Sep 14, 2003, 08:32 AM	#20
danielbaars macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Amsterdam	Garageband already exists! Being a musician myself I was surprised by this newsitem. Garage Band already exists in the form of a cool website (http://www.garageband.com) that presents a nice way of showing your music to the world. It's been a while since I put any of my tunes on there but when I did it was nice to read the regular feedback I got from visitors to the site. Is Apple planning a take-over? Musically yours, Daniel Baars

Sep 14, 2003, 09:25 AM	#24
ThomasJefferson macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia	Since Apple is being sued by Apple, maybe "cat fancy" magazine will sue Apple - for using feline names it had in print first. I won't worry till microsoft names a future operating system, "Microsoft Apocalypse". __________________ Currently in a committed relationship with my Gitzo 3540LS

Sep 14, 2003, 09:28 AM	#25
pivo6 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fort Ripley, MN	I think it's the name of Steve's new band whose music will only be available through iTunes. Actually I think it will be the introduction of small label artists to iTunes. __________________ MoCUwNfOOSWNNFIOMaS of the PPP

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