What this record means
The record shows that the mark “APPLE” is live and registered on the Principal Register, owned by Apple Inc., a corporation organized in California. The registration, issued on April 6, 2021, covers a wide range of services in class 039, including geographic and destination information, maps, route planning, traffic and parking information, GPS navigation, interactive maps, travel route planning, and related online and mobile services. A similar name would raise the closest concern for any business offering comparable navigation, mapping, or travel‑related services, especially those delivered via computers, mobile phones, or wireless devices. This record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “APPLE” in all contexts. The prosecution history is empty, so no descriptiveness refusal or Supplemental Register move is shown. The latest maintenance event is the registration itself on April 6, 2021, with no further dates supplied. No enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name in a related field, this record suggests a meaningful risk of conflict.
Informational only - not legal advice.Goods & services
providing geographic and destination information, maps, route planning, traffic, parking, and road condition information, and driving, walking, and mass transit directions via computers, telecommunication networks, mobile phones, hand-held devices and wireless navigation devices; providing interactive maps; travel route planning; traffic information; parking location services; GPS navigation services; interactive online vehicle routing by computers and telecommunications networks; providing a website and an online searchable computer database featuring information regarding delivery services and booking for delivery of goods; gift wrapping; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid
First use: Dec 08, 2006
Use in commerce: Dec 08, 2006
