iPhone trade mark snapped up by Apple

After a squabble with Cisco Systems for the coveted 'iPhone' trade mark, it appears that Apple now owns the trade mark in the US. Of course, no such luck yet with the iPad trade mark.

No problems for Apple in Australia, with the iPhone (with the Apple 'apple') trade mark accepted by IP Australia on the 26 May 2008.



The iPad trade mark looks like it is going to be a little more contentious. A US company, IP Application Development LLC have applied for the trade mark IPAD for amongst other things tablet computers, electronic handheld devices (although there is some suspicion that this company is somehow related to Apple). Apple own the IPAD trade mark, but only for class 9 and in relation to 'electronic information display terminals including electronic information kiosks and public access display apparatuses'.