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wired: Apple officially trademarked its store design last week, an endeavor the company has been pursuing since May 2010. After being rejected twice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claimed the store design was not “inherently distinctive,” Apple submitted additional materials and drawings, and gained the trademark on its mall-centric, rectangular store layouts.

wired:

Apple officially trademarked its store design last week, an endeavor the company has been pursuing since May 2010.

After being rejected twice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claimed the store design was not “inherently distinctive,” Apple submitted additional materials and drawings, and gained the trademark on its mall-centric, rectangular store layouts.

(Source: Wired)

January 31, 2013 · 9:19 am · 141 notes « Prev  Next »

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    Add this to the list of things I did not know.
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    … You can’t be serious…
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    at it again! How can they...this… it looks like every school classroom I was in when...
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    Hey that drawing looks exactly like the sunglass hut. And the watch hut. And about 8 different cell phone stores I’ve...
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    Apple trademarks their retail store design
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    Man kann es auch übertreiben. Dieser Patentwahn führt früher oder später in eine Innovationssackgasse. Man sieht ja...
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    post reminds me we took inspiration from...when putting staircase in our condo in San...