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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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aleonell.10

they dont own iPad.com ... just did it and a site came up

it like coming soon, with a picture of the place

March 12 2011 at 2:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MH

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 rate up rate down Reply
Aviyadvid

Avia david

March 03 2011 at 1:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
glad

I 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.

March 03 2011 at 12:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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