4.05.2013

USPTO denies Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ trademark request

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied Apple's request for a trademark on "iPad mini". It said that the word ‘mini’ is "merely descriptive", Appleinsider reported. Apple granted trademark for 'iPad' in March 2012 in the U.S.

"In this case, both the individual components and the composite result are descriptive of applicant's goods and do not create a unique, incongruous, or non-descriptive meaning in relation to the goods being small handheld mobile devices comprising tablet computers capable of providing Internet access," the office said to CNET.
Apple filed a trademark application in 2012 and described it as "handheld mobile digital electronic device comprising a tablet computer, electronic book and periodical reader, digital audio and video player, camera, electronic personal organizer, personal digital assistant, electronic calendar, and mapping and global positioning system (GPS) device, and capable of providing access to the Internet and sending, receiving, and storing messages and other data." Read full filing here.

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