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 Our Legal Editor, Jerry, pointed out to us today that Apple has had
lots of activity at the US PTO. Apple has had a large number
of patents published in the past week(both applications and issued), some say 47. Jerry has found 30
so far. These patents were probably part of the 200+ patents Steve Jobs announced
last year at the 2007 Mac Expo. Some Mac sites picked up on the developement last
week. Macnn has some coverage, as well as MacWorld.
In Addition, Apple has a trademark application for “iGame”.
This trademark raises an eyebrow, but what exactly it is for is the question. Is it perhaps a hand held
device, or an Internet channel for the iPhone? The potential is broad. We will
update when more information comes in.
**update**
The trademark covers a broad spectrum.
"Toys, games and playthings, namely, handheld units for playing
electronic games; handheld units for playing videogames; stand alone
videogame machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use
with televisions receivers only; LCD games machines, electronic
educational game machines; toys, namely battery-powered computer games."
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