Just In The Nick Of Time, Apple Gets The iPad Trademark
from the cutting-it-close... dept
You may recall, right after the Apple iPad announcement, people started noticing that Apple didn’t hold the trademark on the name. Instead, Fujitsu had a pending trademark on iPad and was saying it had no intention of giving up the name (and some others had trademarks on other “iPads” as well). However, it looks like just as the iPad is about to ship, Apple figured out how to make Fujitsu change its mind (I assume it involved truckloads of cash). Copycense points out that Apple has bought the “iPad” trademark from Fujitsu. It looks like the official transfer just happened on March 17th. Makes you wonder what Apple would have done if Fujitsu hadn’t been willing to sell the trademark.
Comments on “Just In The Nick Of Time, Apple Gets The iPad Trademark”
“Makes you wonder what Apple would have done if Fujitsu hadn’t been willing to sell the trademark.”
…actually do some market research for realz & find a relevant, cool, long lasting name?
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Offer more money, naturally.
Awww Fuji… why? Why? It would have been so very sweet.
And Troll worthy.
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“Makes you wonder what Apple would have done if Fujitsu hadn’t been willing to sell the trademark.”
Renamed it the iPhad…
Does anyone have the trademark on iglasses ?
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“Does anyone have the trademark on iglasses ?”
iDo….
another truck load of cash…and a promise not to sue for infringement on patents of obvious, broad patents?
*gets a trademark on the ThaiPad*
New Name
They could put a larger battery in it and call it the iMaxipad or lowered the security and added the larger battery and called it the “Stay Free” iMaxipad… My co-worker has a clip on his cubicle that compares the iPad to a seven year old HP tablet and the seven year old tablet had better specs. What’s the hype?
iPad?
When did Apple move into the feminine products area?
They didn’t own the trademark on iPhone until well after it;s launch.