Apple applies for trademark on the "Grand Central" Snow Leopard feature
When Apple announced Snow Leopard, they also detailed a new developer service that can be used to full take advantage of the dual cores in newer Intel Macs. The Apple website tells us the following about GrandCentral: Grand Central takes full advantage [of the processor cores] by making all of Mac OS X multicore aware and optimizing it for allocating tasks across multiple cores and processors. Grand Central also makes it much easier for developers to create programs that squeeze every last drop of power from multicore systems.
MacNN is reporting that Apple applied for a trademark on the name "Grand Central" under USPTO serial number 77626943. The trademark was filed under "009" classification, which is "computer software; computer operating system software."
We can only wonder if this trademark filing will cause an uproar from Google, who acquired the Grand Central telephony service.
Continue reading to see a screenshot of the trademark filing.
[via MacNN]
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I suspect Google intends to rename Grand Central.
December 10 2008 at 11:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGiven the fact that the two are such cahoots, one would think that Apple would choose a different name just to avoid confusion.
Unless Google sees the inevitable cave-in of Grand Central in the near future...
Tragic, because it's a terrific idea.
thanx for the info tuaw.
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I would bet that Google was in-the-know in advance.
December 09 2008 at 8:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyConsidering that Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google and on the board at Apple, I have a feeling that there is some minor background collaborating going on to make sure they don't step on each others feet.
December 09 2008 at 11:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe title should be Apple APPLIES for a trademark registration of Grand Central. The application still has to be examined by the Trademark Office and if approved, published for opposition by others, including, for example, Google.
December 09 2008 at 6:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks for pointing out that "slightly overlooked" very important difference!
December 09 2008 at 6:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGiven that Google has basically left Grand Central to twist in the wind and slowly die from lack of oxygen, I doubt they'll sweat this very much.
December 09 2008 at 5:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI doubt Google would complain, because telephony and operating system features are completely different, and highly unlikely to be confused.
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