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Apple Granted Trademark For Its Stores

Posted by Soulskill on from the we-invented-the-rectangular-prism dept.

walterbyrd sends this news from ZDNet: "The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approved Apple's request to trademark the design and layout of its stores last week, according to patent office records. ... Apple has requested that no store be allowed to replicate various features, including 'a clear glass storefront surrounded by a panelled facade' or an 'oblong table with stools... set below video screens flush mounted on the back wall.'"

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  1. Apple's done it again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    An oblong table? Any idiot could think of that. But an oblong table with stools and screens nearby? That's the genius of Apple.

  2. ahh I was wondering by __aaqvdr516 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was wondering where the next "innovation" would take place. I suppose the next "innovation" in their store will be that it is 10% smaller and allows voice commands.

  3. Re:Bad summary by PRMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Courts aren't stupid.

    Citation?

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    Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
  4. Patented customer service? by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did they also patent their quality customer service where an employee tells you to wait in front of a display so it looks like you're a customer rather than someone who's been waiting over fifteen minutes just to talk to someone about your broken iPad?