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Apple's Trademark for 'There's an App For That' Approved

pubwvj said:
Rediculous.
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Agreed 100%, your spell check is ridiculous ;)

I don't understand people getting mad about his, the first time I ever heard the phrase was in an apple commercial or advertisement if I remember correctly.
 
I think its kind of lame and also a sad state of affairs. Just look at who is suing who in the mobile world, everyone has a lawsuit against everyone. They're now trying to beat the competition through the courts.
 
firestarter said:
It depends on market. While this may be lapped up in North America, I don't think these wise-guy one liners go down quite as well in the UK.

Exactly what is clever about 'there's an app for that'?

And when it comes to my personal opinion (which my comment was), I think I probably know better than Apple, thanks.
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So far, you don't. But everyone's entitled to an opinion.

http://www.9to5mac.com/8755/Apple-retail-is-number-one-shop-for-UK-computer-buyers

http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3241382&olo=rss

(I suppose #2 to Aston Martin is nothing to be ashamed about.)

http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/...petition-in-u-k-customer-satisfaction-survey/

I'd say they're doing alright . . .
 
*LTD* said:
So far, you don't. But everyone's entitled to an opinion.

http://www.9to5mac.com/8755/Apple-retail-is-number-one-shop-for-UK-computer-buyers

http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3241382&olo=rss

(I suppose #2 to Aston Martin is nothing to be ashamed about.)

http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/...petition-in-u-k-customer-satisfaction-survey/

I'd say they're doing alright . . .
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Eh?

What does that random collection of links have to do with me thinking their new catchphrase sucks?

Please post something relevant next time, eh?
 
*LTD* said:
It's actually quite clever and memorable. It doesn't need "class" - all it needs to be is catchy and positive.

It's about selling a product to a large market, not about formulating a synopsis for a Master's Thesis.

In any case, when it comes to marketing, I'm quite sure Apple knows more than you.
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It might of been catchy and positive 3 years ago, but now it's just annoying.
 
maflynn said:
I think its kind of lame and also a sad state of affairs. Just look at who is suing who in the mobile world, everyone has a lawsuit against everyone. They're now trying to beat the competition through the courts.
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What does this have to do with the courts, exactly? It's just a trademark. Should apple let other companies name their tablets iPad, too?
 
firestarter said:
Eh?

What does that random collection of links have to do with me thinking their new catchphrase sucks?

Please post something relevant next time, eh?
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Connect the dots.

You can have an opinion. Whether it's actually *informed* is a different story entirely.
 
*LTD* said:
Connect the dots.

You can have an opinion. Whether it's actually *informed* is a different story entirely.
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Fine. Post me some pertenant facts about catchphrase acceptance in UK advertising and we'll discuss.

Your last posting was irrelevant, and this one is just sad passive-aggressive name calling. :)
 
HiVolt said:
Interesting, that they only did it now...

I've not heard any recent advertising using that phrase... I think it's past its prime, since the app store is wildly popular now and no need to push it.
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They have done this to keep others from using it. Duh, right? As other platforms become more robust in terms of app offerings it makes sense to keep them from using what was a successful catch phrase.
 
*LTD* said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8B117)

Very smart. It'll continue to come in quite handy as the iPad spreads. Seems the App Store and the way apps run is the future of "applications" and "programs." The day will come when even the most powerful applications used on the Mac will be "apps" as well.
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I don't see that big of a difference between Mac OS X applications and iOS apps, besides 'size' and 'access outside of the sandbox'. They are the same kind of bundle with resources, executable, etc.
 
Who really cares?

Subway are already using "Theres A Sub For That" slogan.

Its kinda boring now anyway.

Im waiting for them to try and trademark "Magical".
 
gnasher729 said:
Apple didn't get a freaking copyright on seven words. They got a trademark. A completely different thing. You can use these exact words anywhere you like, except for trying to sell software.
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duh, that's like copyright but for advertising. if the android store or any other app store has many apps too can't they just say "there's an app for that"?.
let's say the google chrome OS gets finished and they start advertising their new OS. IF they happen to create a lot of applications and in the end they totally have all kind of applications available, they can do the same kind of ad apple did, ("want to check your emails and chat with your friends? There's an app for that. You want to download, edit, encode a movie and burn it to a dvd? there's an app for that!"). Why shouldn't they be able to do it? That's really idiotic IMHO. Just like copyrights and their laws are really wierd for a digital age we live in.
 
firestarter said:
Fine. Post me some pertenant facts about catchphrase acceptance in UK advertising and we'll discuss.

Your last posting was irrelevant, and this one is just sad passive-aggressive name calling. :)
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Just ignore him, he's either paid by Apple to do damage control on forums or he's just a retard.
 
orfeas0 said:
duh, that's like copyright but for advertising. if the android store or any other app store has many apps too can't they just say "there's an app for that"?.
let's say the google chrome OS gets finished and they start advertising their new OS. IF they happen to create a lot of applications and in the end they totally have all kind of applications available, they can do the same kind of ad apple did, ("want to check your emails and chat with your friends? There's an app for that. You want to download, edit, encode a movie and burn it to a dvd? there's an app for that!"). Why shouldn't they be able to do it? That's really idiotic IMHO. Just like copyrights and their laws are really wierd for a digital age we live in.
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The reason they shouldn't be able to is that the phrase is already associated with Apple, and a consumer might think that Apple somehow endorses or has something to do with the other product if the other product starts using the phrase to refer to their app store.

The same reason Google shouldn't be able to call its phone "iPhone" and shouldn't be allowed to change its name to "Apple." Someone beat them to it.
 
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