Filed under: Apple Corporate, Developer, Snow Leopard
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ashwin said 5:10PM on 12-09-2008
I doubt Google would complain, because telephony and operating system features are completely different, and highly unlikely to be confused.
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Anonymous Dood said 5:30PM on 12-09-2008
Given 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.
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patentlyconfused said 6:06PM on 12-09-2008
The 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.
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Noob said 6:48PM on 12-09-2008
Thanks for pointing out that "slightly overlooked" very important difference!
Patrick said 8:05PM on 12-09-2008
I would bet that Google was in-the-know in advance.
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Cory Schulz said 11:55PM on 12-09-2008
Considering 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.
Kate said 5:58AM on 12-10-2008
thanx for the info tuaw.
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iHoppipolla said 8:35AM on 12-10-2008
Given 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.
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Jensonb said 11:42AM on 12-10-2008
I suspect Google intends to rename Grand Central.
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