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Apple's 'iPad Mini' Trademark Application Initially Denied, but Resolution Should Be Simple
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I don't think Apple has a trademark on "Mac Mini".
I couldn't find it at the USPTO, and it's not listed here:
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html
Whether the examiner is right or wrong is not as important to me as the fact that the examiner actually reviewed the material and is "testing" the system vs just giving out trademarks willy-nilly.
You can disagree with the current status - but given the # of complaints about trademark and patent lawsuits because of silliness - this is a GOOD thing.
You can disagree with the current status - but given the # of complaints about trademark and patent lawsuits because of silliness - this is a GOOD thing.
Not really. Unless you know the population size and distribution it really doesn't say anything about what proportion are idiots.
exactly. If the examiner let it pass someone could challenge the trademark based on the same grounds the examiner denied it. It's better to ensure you have done a good review than simply pass something because your reasons for denying it may seem silly to some people.
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Macrumors comments never fail to not surprise me.
Amusing that when Apple fails to provide the necessary information to support their trademark application, the USPTO are "idiots" and the whole thing is stupid.
Yet when the same system denies another company from infringing on Apple trademarks then the system works and the requirements are a good thing.
Amusing that when Apple fails to provide the necessary information to support their trademark application, the USPTO are "idiots" and the whole thing is stupid.
Yet when the same system denies another company from infringing on Apple trademarks then the system works and the requirements are a good thing.
That list is inaccurate. Apple still lists "Multi-Touch" as a registered trademark when in fact they don't own it. they abandoned it after losing.
Absolutely incorrect.
When the iMac was announced there were many interpretations in the news that stated the "i" was for internet.
Here's a recent report about it.
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansasci...ho-came-up-with-imac-name-tells.html?page=all
I know. I'm the one who did the original research and found out that Apple lost "multi-touch" because of Jeff Han's opposition. Nobody else had noticed.
That's why I said I checked the USPTO, which is the best source.
Many thanks for pointing out that the list is inaccurate, though. It needed to be said.
Really? Oh, of course, these were the good old days without patent wars and analyst's predictions then
LOVE that headline . . .
"Apple's iPad Mini . . . resolution should be simple"
Ha! **slaps knee**
It is!
"Apple's iPad Mini . . . resolution should be simple"
Ha! **slaps knee**
It is!
This was denied a few days ago.... MacRumors is picking up a story several days late.
Not an April Fools joke.
Someone should quickly snatch up this name and then bone Apple for millions of dollars
Someone wealthy ofcourse
Someone wealthy ofcourse
Most years MacRumors posts a disclaimer clearly stating that they don't partake in April Fools Day and cautions everyone that some other news websites do.
Oddly, looking through the archives, I had to go back to 2005 to actually find a disclaimer... maybe most years they've just added it directly to the HTML of the site rather than as an actual article?
https://www.macrumors.com/2005/04/01/april-fools-day-april-1-2005/
In any event, I assume that still holds and that MR doesn't (deliberately) post bogus articles.
Of course, they modified the forum logo for April fool's day... checking the URL for the modified logo, the filename explicitly says it's intended for April 1st... and I think there's some sort of game posted on the forums that I haven't figured out how to access yet (not that I'm really trying.)
It's the Nerd-o-Meter at the bottom of forums. Click it and it goes to a brick-breaker game.
Bureaucrats. Gotta love 'em. A web page conspicuously about the iPad mini and conspicuously NOT about ANYTHING ELSE with a button that says "Buy now" isn't sufficient evidence that the iPad mini is on sale. Never mind that you'd have to be living in <insert favorite East Bum**** locale> to not realize that the iPad mini *is*, in fact, something that is for sale.
You just KNOW that this guy was a junior high school hall monitor.
You just KNOW that this guy was a junior high school hall monitor.
But only because Apple informed the public as such. But that is not universally true. the iPod which preceded the iPhone and iPad did not have access to the internet until the touch came out.
The Buy Now button thing is simply bizarre. I mean, the whole page is dedicated to the iPad Mini. WTF? What else would you be buying?