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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.'"

2 of 272 comments (clear)

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

    Courts aren't stupid.

    Citation?

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