Apple Denied Trademark For 'Multi-Touch'

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In a decision handed down (http://www.scribd.com/doc/66447722/Multi-Touch-Trademark) by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Apple has been denied an application for a trademark on Multi-Touch (http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/26/apple-denied-trademark-for-multi-touch/). ... For trademarks, 'the greater the degree of descriptiveness the term has, the heavier the burden to prove it has attained secondary meaning.' The trademark attorney pointed out that the term 'multitouch' has taken on generic meaning, being used by a wide variety of publications to describe the touchscreen technology on Android phones, tablets, and notebooks.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/27/0236259/apple-denied-trademark-for-multi-touch