Apple Seeks Trademark on "OS X" By Itself
AppleInsider dredged up 6 month old trademark applications by Apple indicating that they were seeking trademark protection for the term "OS X" without the word "Mac" preceding it.
The U.S. trademark for the "OS X" term was filed in November 2008.
The Cupertino-based company initially filed for its trademark in Trinidad and Tobago less than a week after the June 2008 conference, where lobby banners first indicated a split where Apple would distinguish between OS X Leopard, the version of its operating system for traditional computers, and OS X iPhone, the modified platform that supports both its namesake cellphone and the iPod touch.
The filing is not particularly revealing as it's been clear since WWDC that Apple has been separating out OS X into "OS X Leopard" and "OS X iPhone". It simply reinforces the fact that Apple has applications for OS X outside of the Mac platform.The U.S. trademark for the "OS X" term was filed in November 2008.
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40 months ago
With Windows 7 lurking, this makes perfect sense.
yeah haha good one, but yeah, lol
40 months ago
Why'd they file this in Trinidad and Tobago? I'm sure it deals with easier/cheaper ways to file trademarks, but that location is interesting.
40 months ago
With Windows 7 lurking, this makes perfect sense.
How?Anyway, I always assumed that "OS X" on its own was trademarked by Apple. I figured to have "Mac OS X" and "OS X iPhone," you'd already have to have trademarked the root phrase.
40 months ago
I've always thought of the "mac" part in "mac OS" as a part of the brand (macintosh), and not related specifically to the platform...
40 months ago
How?
Anyway, I always assumed that "OS X" on its own was trademarked by Apple. I figured to have "Mac OS X" and "OS X iPhone," you'd already have to have trademarked the root phrase.
Because soon they'll be at 10?
40 months ago
Maybe they'll start referring to it as OS X (pronounced oh • ess • echs) and keep the numbering going past 10. Instead of the correct current (oh • ess • ten) pronunciation.
Because after all, this OS can be easily turned up to 11. ;)
Because after all, this OS can be easily turned up to 11. ;)
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