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On Tuesday, November 21, 2006, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for ISLATE. This trademark is owned by Slate Computing (USA) LLC of Wilmington, Deleware. Slate Computing apparently owns the rights to a second trademark named "Magic Slate". According to a article in TechCrunch on December 25, 2009, the iSlate trademark is name of the upcoming Apple Inc., Tablet product, rumored to be coming out in January 2010. Furthermore, according to the MacRumors website, the person who signed on the U.S. federal trademark is likely a Senior Trademark Specialist working for Apple Computer. In addition, evidence exists that the iSlate.com domain name was once owned by Apple, Inc.
The ISLATE trademark is filed in the category of Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products . The description provided to the USPTO for ISLATE is Computers; computer software, namely, database management software, electronic mail and messaging software, Internet browser software, paging software, database synchronization software, software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, software for creating spreadsheets, tables, graphs and charts, software for organizing and analyzing data, software for word processing, software for creation and display of presentations including text and graphics, software used for image editing.
The USPTO has given the ISLATE trademark serial number of 77048955.
References
- http://www.trademarkia.com/islate-77048955.html
- http://www.trademarkia.com/company-slate-computing-usa-llc-1119289-page-1-2
- http://www.trademarkia.com/company-slate-computing-usa-llc-1119289-page-1-2.
- http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/25/apple-islate/#comment-3176656
- http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/25/apple-islate-trademark-and-what-is-a-magic-slate/
- http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/24/apple-purchased-islate-com-in-2007-apples-new-tablet-called-islate/
- http://www.trademarkia.com/islate-77048955.html
- http://www.trademarkia.com/islate-77048955.html
