The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01 ... op_design/]Apple trademarks the SHOP
Wait a minute - there is prior art for this: practically any church rummage sale. But individual churches aren't as wealthy as Apple...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:The application to exclusively own this particular store arrangement - specifically "rectangular tables arranged in a line" - was filed in December 2010 and granted on 22 January 2013.
Wait a minute - there is prior art for this: practically any church rummage sale. But individual churches aren't as wealthy as Apple...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012