Apple wants to trademark a circle

[mooncaine]

Apple allegedly wants trademark protection for a handful of icons that are so general, it's amazing they weren't laughed out of the office.

Among them are simple line-art drawings of:

• A circle (that's it, just a circle)
• A 2-lane road
• A flame
• A stopwatch
• A target (3 concentric circles)

See those icons here:

http://tinyurl.com/otd4rf

Ridiculous.

 

[ravenvii]

It's probably trademark protection for the whole thing - the circle inside that rounded box, behaving as a button for some kind of context.

It's not just the circle. Not as ridiculous as you think.

 

[WildCowboy]

What MacNN doesn't realize is that these are the Nike+ icons, so their speculation on what the icons are is totally for naught.

 

[crusadernm]

Ridiculous.

 

[twoodcc]

What MacNN doesn't realize is that these are the Nike+ icons, so their speculation on what the icons are is totally for naught.

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nice catch

now bring nike+ to the iPhone, please