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Apple Granted U.S. Trademark for 'iMessage'

Posted November 21, 2012 at 7:30pm by iClarified · 15027 views
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple's trademark application for 'iMessage', reports Patently Apple.

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Apple's iMessage certificates of registration are numbered 4,244,501 and /502 respectively covering different International Classes.

Apple's '501 Certificate was registered under class 009 which covers the following: "Computer software for the transmission of text, data, images, audio, and video by wireless communication networks and the Internet; computer software for electronic messaging and wireless digital messaging."

Apple's '522 Certificate was registered under class 038 which covers the following: "Communication services, namely, transmission of text, data, images, audio, and video by wireless communication networks and the Internet; electronic messaging and wireless digital messaging services; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the foregoing."
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Apple also has filed to obtain a trademark for 'Passbook', the name of their new iOS app that stores boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, and more.

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