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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. Only one thing to say... by cusco · · Score: -1, Redundant

    WTF???

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