Law360, New York (September 20, 2012, 8:43 PM ET) -- The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday refused to allow Apple Inc. to trademark the musical note icon used for the iPhone's music feature, finding it confusingly similar to a similar logo registered by a defunct music download service called iLike.
Both Apple's icon and the mark registered to iLike, which was owned by Myspace LLC, consist of a musical note on an orange background. The board affirmed the examiner's refusal to register Apple's mark, finding that it was likely to cause confusion since both...
Apple Loses Bid To Trademark IPhone Music Icon
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