Apple was granted a Design Patent in Hong Kong for their ‘Mac Studio’ desktop computer & Claris files for a 3rd U.S. trademark this week

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(Click on image to Enlarge)   On Friday, the Hong Kong Patent Office granted Apple a design patent for their all-new desktop computer branded the ‘Mac Studio.’ It’s the first design patent from Hong Kong for 2022 and likely not the last. There’s likely to be a design patent for […]

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On Friday, the Hong Kong Patent Office granted Apple a design patent for their all-new desktop computer branded the ‘Mac Studio.’ It’s the first design patent from Hong Kong for 2022 and likely not the last. There’s likely to be a design patent for the iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max with its unique ‘Dynamic Island’ in-the-works. Also on Friday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a third new trademark application for Claris (an Apple Inc. Subsidiary) this week.

 

Note: Unlike “patent applications” that provide the public with an abstract, summary and details of an invention, design patents published around the world are limited to only providing the public with design patent figures. No additional specifics of the design are made available.

 

Mac Studio Design Patent

 

Yesterday, the Hong Kong Patent Office Granted (Registered) Apple a Design Patent for their Mac Studio desktop computer that was introduced on March 8, 2022. Apple filed for the Mac Studio design patent ahead of its launch on February 02, 2022.Apple filed their design patent under Locarno Classification number 14-02 which covers “Data processing equipment and computers.”  

 

Apple filed their design patent under Locarno Classification number 14-02 which covers “Data processing equipment and computers.”  

 

2 Hong Kong Design patent figures - Set A - Patently Apple report Sept 24  2022
2 Hong Kong Design patent figures - Set A - Patently Apple report Sept 24  2022

 

Hong Kong Documentation for Mac Studio Design Patent 

 

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4 Hong Kong Patent Office - Apple Registered Design Patent for Mac Studio - Sept 24  2022 - Patently Apple report

 

 

Trademark: Claris WebDirect

 

U.S. Trademark Application In-Part

 

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5FX  - US Patent Office application in-part for Claris WebDirect

 

On Wednesday, Patently Apple posted an IP report about Apple’s subsidiary ‘Claris’ filing for 2 new Trademarks ‘Claris Go’ and ‘Claris Server’ wherein they officially dropped ‘FileMaker’ from their trademarks (Claris FileMaker Go and Claris FileMaker Server).

 

On Friday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a third Claris trademark covering ‘Claris WebDirect’ which replaces ‘Claris FileMaker WebDirect.”

 

Claris, an Apple subsidiary, filed their trademark under International Classes 009 and 042.

 

Class 009 Covers: “Downloadable computer software, namely, computer software for hosting, managing, and configuring databases; downloadable computer software for managing and providing access to databases via local or global computer networks; downloadable computer software for automating database functions; downloadable database management software; downloadable database synchronization software; downloadable computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases.”

Class 042 Covers: “Design and development of computer hardware and software; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for viewing, annotating, storing, downloading and distributing electronic files, images, audio, video, data, and documents; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for audio and video conferencing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for personal information management, database management, and database synchronization; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for communication and collaboration via computer networks; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software development tools and templates for data management; providing temporary use ofon-line-non-downloadable software for use in managing, organizing and sharing data on a global computer network and on local computer networks; computer services, namely, providing online facilities for viewing, annotating, storing, downloading and distributing electronic files, images, audio, video, data, and documents, and for audio and video conferencing, and for personal information management, database management, and database synchronization, and for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, and for communication and collaboration via computer networks, and for software development, and for managing, organizing and sharing data on a global computer network and on local computer networks; data hosting services; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting computer database problems by telephone and via a global computer information network; application service provider (ASP) featuring software in the field of database management; electronic storage of files, images, audio, video, data, and documents.”

 

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