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Apple Files Request to Take iPad Trademark From Fujitsu
Mashable ^ | 01/20/2010

Posted on 01/21/2010 3:37:37 AM PST by Swordmaker

With rumours still flying left and right as we close in to Apple’s expected Tablet announcement next Wednesday, perhaps the most sought-after missing piece is still its name. Could it be iGuide, or iSlate?

Maybe — but it looks like iPad is definitely a strong contender as well, according to the Mac News Network. Apple has filed for a trademark on that name in Canada, Europe, and Hong Kong, but in the U.S. that trademark is already tied up by Fujitsu. The Japanese corporation has an existing product using that name: a handheld device used by workers in retail.

Yet while Fujitsu first filed for the trademark in 2003, at some point they stopped responding to the US Patent and Trademark Office’s requests for additional information. The USPTO never awarded the official trademark and ended up declaring the name “abandoned” in April 2009.

Although Fujitsu began pursuing the iPad trademark again last June, Apple has reportedly filed at least three requests to extend the deadline for presenting opposition to Fujitsu’s claim. The company now has until February 28 to submit evidence, potentially positioning itself as the rightful owner of the iPad trademark. Launching an actual product under the iPad name before that date may strengthen Apple’s legal claim to the mark, leading to logical speculation that iPad is the chosen forerunner for the tablet’s name.

What’s your favorite name for the still-mythical Apple Tablet? Place your bets now, people!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
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iPad?

1 posted on 01/21/2010 3:37:38 AM PST by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker

iPad... sounds too much like a product that is used exclusively by women. :/


2 posted on 01/21/2010 3:39:07 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; ...
Apple has applied to the Patents and Trade Marks office to be assigned the abandoned Trade Mark which Fujitsu had never fully been assigned for . . .

iPad

I often wondered why such an obvious name and pun was not, er, obvious... the Apple iPad...


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3 posted on 01/21/2010 3:41:32 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: pnh102

Those people at Apple have thought of everything. I, for one, plan to use the iPad every 28 days. Maybe I will be smarter instead of angrier during my special time. My husband will be relieved.


4 posted on 01/21/2010 4:04:37 AM PST by brwnsuga (Not a Slave!)
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To: brwnsuga

ROFL!


5 posted on 01/21/2010 4:09:33 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: Swordmaker

I dunno...

I think there is too much chance for low humor with that name.

iSlate would probably be better. Maybe they should just abandon the ‘i’ and call it the Mac-Tab


6 posted on 01/21/2010 4:20:56 AM PST by Ronin
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To: Swordmaker
I was wondering about that for a name, didn't know Fuji had a trademark on it.

Makes sense. The little data pads in StarTrek were called PADDs; Apple already has an iPod, iPhone.... iPad would maintain the iP naming convention, and it sounds better than iSlate, iGuide, or any of the other monikers being bandied about.

7 posted on 01/21/2010 5:21:45 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Swordmaker

Apple has a big media event to announce a new product scheduled for the 27, a week from yesterday. This filing is right in line with their usual methods of waiting until the last second to tip their hand. The rumor mills have been saying for years an apple tablet was in the works but this time around they seem pretty solid.


8 posted on 01/21/2010 5:30:41 AM PST by TalonDJ
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