Only problem is they applied for the trademark before there were any Android phones, tablets, and notebooks. You'd think they would consider that in their decision.
That being said, I agree with the decision. If you don't call a display that is capable of receiving multiple inputs from multiple fingers at once "multitouch," what do you call it? "Multifinger" sounds dirty.![]()
Uhhh
- "Navigate with your hand"
- "Allows hand gestures for simple navigation and input"
- "Multiple Touch Input"
- "Multiple Touch"
- "Multiple Touch Display"
- "Multi Input Display"
- "Natural Input Display"
- "Hand-nav Display"
- "Multiple Finger Input"
- "Various Input Display"
- "Vari-Input Display"
...and I'm sure a million more that sound way better.
Just because Apple settled on a term that became widely accepted and used, doesn't mean that there are no other terms or phrases that can adequately describe this feature.
And besides, if this is a superior term, this is why Apple wanted to trademark it. The whole purpose of filing for the TM is so they can exclusively claim that particular advantage in their messaging.