APPLE’S ALTER EGO FILES A BARAGE OF NEW APPLICATIONS

In an apparent effort to up the ante on Cisco, Ocean Telecom Services, LLC., (Apple's alleged alter ego) filed seven trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on January 8, 2007. The new “IPHONE” trademark applications filed by Apple’s alter ego were all filed under an “intent-to-use” basis. Each of the applications lists certain goods or services for which Ocean Telecom “intends” to use the trademark. However, this action is clear signal to Cisco that APPLE/OCEAN is ready to fight for the trademark. Take a look at the proposed goods and services as listed on the new trademark applications:

1. clothing, footwear, and headwear
2. periodicals, publications, and manuals
3. Design and development of computer hardware and software; computer hardware and software consulting services; multimedia and audio-visual software consulting services; computer programming; support and consultation services for developing computer systems, databases and applications; information relating to computer hardware or software provided on-line from a global computer network or the Internet; creating and maintaining web-sites; provision of access time to web-sites featuring multimedia materials; providing search engines for obtaining data via communications networks; providing databases and directories via communications networks for obtaining data in the fields of music, video, film, books, television, games and sports; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software to enable users to program audio, video, text and other multimedia content, including music, concerts, videos, radio, television, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs; providing on-line facilities, via global computer network, to enable users to program the scheduling of audio, video, text and other multimedia content, including music, concerts, videos, radio, television, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs as they will be aired; providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network; creating indexes of information, sites and other resources available on global computer networks for others; providing users with access time to electronic communications networks with means of identifying, locating, grouping, distributing, and managing data and links to third-party computer servers, computer processors and computer users; searching, browsing and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks for others. organizing content of information provided over a global computer network according to user preference; providing computer data bases in the nature of a bulletin board in the fields of music, video, film, books, television, games and sports; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid
4. Entertainment services in the nature of musical, video, audio-video, and textual materials, namely books, plays, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, journals, and magazines, on the subjects of sporting and cultural activities and a wide range of topics of general interest offered in-person and distributed over computer networks; providing electronic publications for browsing and downloading over computer networks, namely books, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, journals, and magazines, on the subjects of computer hardware and software applications and a wide range of topics of general interest; digital imaging services; providing information, advice, and consultation services relating to all of the aforesaid
5. Computerized data storage and retrieval services for digital text, data, image, audio, and video works; information and consultation in connection therewith
6. Retail store services and retail store services provided via communications networks featuring handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics, computer software, accessories, peripherals, and carrying cases for such devices, and pre-recorded music; product demonstrations provided in-store and via communications networks; information and consultation in connection with the foregoing
7. Parts and accessories for mobile telephones; mobile telephone covers; mobile telephone cases; mobile telephone cases made of leather or imitations of leather; mobile telephone covers made of cloth or textile materials; batteries; rechargeable batteries; chargers; chargers for electric batteries; headphones; stereo headphones; in-ear headphones; stereo speakers; audio speakers; audio speakers for home; personal stereo speaker apparatus; microphones; car audio apparatus.

What’s next? IPHONE diapers?