Apple files official app icon trademarks

Apple has filed trademark motions on a number of its official app icons, and none of them are new (though the trademarks for the iDisk app and the MobileMe gallery app threw me a bit, not having MobileMe myself). Apple appears to be shoring up its official iPad and iPhone app icon library, and trademarking all of the official icons that it's put together.

Each icon is marked not only by description (the Camera app icon is described as "rounded corners depicting a stylized camera lens"), but by its colors as well, which is standard for a logo trademark. It's also interesting that all of these icons are submitted at a gigantic size of 955x955 pixels, but iPhone icons are shown at 57x57, and iPad icons are displayed at 72x72. Clearly, though, Apple makes its icons Texas-sized and then scales them down to display them.

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Daniel

here are the icon names and patent numbers

Calculator 85018947
Messages 85018959
World Clocks 85018957
Maps 85018958
iPod 85019343
Mail 85019374
Notes 85019396
Videos 85019750
Photos 85018952
Texas Hold'em 85019773
Music 85019762
Compass 85019789
Phone 85019804
iPod Touch Photos 85019831
MobileMe iDisk 85019838
MobileMe Gallery 85019853
Safari 85019857
Numbers 85019894
Pages 85019880
YouTube 85020029
Contacts 85019809
Voice Memos 85019818
iBooks 85019863

April 30 2010 at 4:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Bill Mac

Thanks for the numbers!!!! These are big enough to almost be a desktop pic!!! Love it!

April 30 2010 at 2:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Antone Johnson

It's not actually a motion (which is filed in court as part of litigation); you file an "application" to register a trademark. And the specimens are probably huge for purposes of the trademark application, to make it as clear as possible to the USPTO what's being claimed as a mark.

BTW, "trademark" is a noun, not a verb. Just sayin'. This public service announcement brought to you by your friendly neighborhood tech lawyer.

http://bottomlinelawgroup.com

April 30 2010 at 4:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cub

If you go to the 'Applications' section in your iTunes library, you can switch to a coverflow view and view the icons for *all* apps oon your phone in glorious high definition!

April 30 2010 at 3:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

n00neimp0rtant

Does this mean that Apple can finally sue saurik for his Cydia icon?

April 29 2010 at 11:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jayhawk1776

Does anyone know where if anywhere I could download all of the official Apple icons at a resolution at least 100x100? I've been looking everywhere and can find nothing but knock offs.

April 29 2010 at 10:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob

All icons for apps submitted to Apple have to be at least 512x512px. Click on apps in iTunes, then open the artwork preview and click on it. You can see the details in any app icon. The Instapaper pro icon is actual text: "Maybe a mud room is a priority..."

April 29 2010 at 6:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SIP

The iWork apps on OSX & iPhoneOS use the same icon, except that the iPhone version has a "rounded-square" background.

April 29 2010 at 6:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ulrik

#1, how did you find the other icons?

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jmillsted

I used this site, http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/

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