Jenni Ryall reported for Mashable that Australia has said no go to Apple trademarking the term "App Store" in Australia. This latest ruling was an appeal of their 2013 trademark attempt. The judge did not see app store as distinguishing itself to be Apple centric. From the story: Apple can not exclusively use the term "app store" in Australia after a ruling in the Federal Court on … [Read more...]
Chinese Government Launches Attack Against iCloud Users
According to Ars Technica it seems that China is running a man-in-the-middle attack on iCloud users. They have a screenshot of this on their website, this was discovered by a group called GreatFire.org. From the article: GreatFire.org, a group that monitors censorship by the Chinese government’s national firewall system (often referred to as the “Great Firewall”), reports that China is using … [Read more...]
Law Enforcement Is Not Happy With Apple’s New Privacy Policy
Apple changed its privacy policy with iOS 8 and it has many in law enforcement up in arms. In an article on Mashable written by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, members of law enforcement expressed their displeasure with some saying that the new policy could cost lives. One even went so far as to say that the iPhone will become the phone of choice for pedophiles. From the article: "[Criminals'] … [Read more...]
USPTO Refuses Apple Trademark Application on Touch ID
Patently Apple posted a piece about the USPTO refusing the trademark application of Apple for the term "Touch ID." Apparently the application was denied over likelihood of confusion. The domain name TouchId.com is registered to a company in the Cayman Islands (Not Name Administration), it was registered 13 years ago. The domain is parked. From the article: Today, the US Patent & … [Read more...]
Swatch Plans to Fight Apple on Trademark for “iWatch”
Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac did a piece on Swiss watch maker Swatch stating that they will look to fight Apple on trademarking "iWatch". Now Apple already has trademarked the term in Japan, Mexico and Turkey according to the article. From the article: The company is seeking to block Apple trademarks for the name “iWatch” because of its own line of watches called “ISwatch.” A representative for … [Read more...]
Apple Reports Second Quarter Earnings – Stock up in After Hours Trading
Apple just reported second quarter earnings and the stock is up in after hours trading. The stock closed down 1.31 % to $524.75 on the trading day but is up $43 in after hours trading. Apple Inc. NASDAQ: AAPL - Apr 23 5:25 PM ET 524.75-6.95 (-1.31%) After Hours: 568.20+43.45 (8.28%) The company announced a 7 for 1 stock split. From 9 to 5 Mac Apple just announced its second … [Read more...]
It looks like the Apple Smartwatch will be called the iWatch
It looks like Apple is going to name their smart watch the "iWatch" In an article written by Chris Smith for BGR.com, it seems that a trademark registration filed by Brightflash USA LLC has the same address that Apple has used in the past when trademarking iSlate. The same address was used to register the Car Play trademark by a company called, Carplay Enterprises. From the article Now … [Read more...]