Apple now owns FaceTime.com
Apple debuted its FaceTime video calling service when it launched the iPhone 4 in June 2010. The Cupertino company faced a potential trademark conflict with FaceTime Communications, a company that delivers a unified communications platform for enterprise businesses.
Rather than fight the company over the trademark, Apple negotiated an agreement with FaceTime Communications to obtain the rights to the name. The company recently changed its name to Actiance and transferred the trademark, as well as the domain name of Facetime.com, to Apple.
Though under its possession, the domain does not yet point to an Apple-created website. Interestingly enough, Apple still does not own the iPad.com domain name, though it owns a trademark for the term.
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Apple debuted its FaceTime video calling service when it launched the iPhone 4 in June 2010. The Cupertino company faced a potential...
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they dont own iPad.com ... just did it and a site came up
it like coming soon, with a picture of the place
So I assume this is so we can have a contact for facetime as i.e mark@facetime.com
March 03 2011 at 2:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI applaud Apple for the way they went about that little piece of business everybody's happy all round.
They don't really need the iPad.com but it would be nice to get that one into the fold.
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