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The iSlate, formerly known as the Apple Tablet, is a forthcoming tablet PC to be released by Apple Inc. According to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner, the iSlate will have a 10.1-inch multi-touch display and will retail for approximately 1,000 USD when it debuts in February 2010.
Overview
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". 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. The mark is currently not issued, and has received a second extension to prove use in commerce on September 4, 2009.
Significance
This trademark would otherwise not warrant mention but for the notoriety it has recently received in major online news publications. 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.. Similar speculation as to the significance of this mark, and the overwhelming evidence to support its significance have been made in major online and offline media including CNN Money, CNET, and ComputerWorld.
References
- Apple tablet set for spring launch?
- 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.trademarkia.com/islate-77048955.html
- http://www.trademarkia.com/islate-77048955.html
- 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://news.google.com/news/more?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dTiSfRYQ_h93SAM4Nngu8klKtjjHM
