Keyboard loses its .com shortcut. Something weird happened when I updated our iPads to iOS 9.1. I'm not sure if it is an intentional change or a bug. Here's the deal: When you press and hold the period "." key on the iOS keyboard on an iPad, it no ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Apple created the i-era. Is it abandoning it?
· UncategorizedApple makes an interesting branding shift. Apple introduced a few new products today. As expected, it introduced the iPhone 6. It also introduced the iWatch-- --Wait, no it didn't. It introduced the Apple Watch. It also introduced a new ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Apple’s HealthKit causing problems for company called HealthKit
· UncategorizedApple introduced HealthKit, a sort of framework for health data on iOs devices, earlier this week. As with many other Apple product announcements, the name choice ran smack into an existing one. In this case an Australian firm has already been ... Continue Reading4 Comments
On day of iPhone 5 announcement, iPhone5.com sits dark
· UncategorizedApple owns the domain name but does nothing with it. Back in May Apple did something smart: it went after the iPhone5.com domain name well in advance of the launch of the new device. A week after Apple filed a complaint with World Intellectual ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Apple begins forwarding iPad3.com to its web site — and it’s tracking it, too
· UncategorizedApple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple's ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Apple demands iPad3.com domain name
· Policy & LawApple files complaint over iPad3.com domain name. [Update: the registrant of iPad3.com has turned the domain over to Apple.] Apple didn't name its third generation iPad the "iPad 3", but that hasn't stopped most people from calling it that ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Apple “wins”, but plays whac-a-mole with counterfeiters
· Policy & LawCompany wins domain name dispute, but it won't do the company much good. Apple has won a domain name dispute against what it alleges to be an outfit selling counterfeit Apple products. But it might have to continue chasing the perpetrators. In May ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
iPhone Jailbreak Site Files Lawsuit Over Domain Name
· Policy & LawCompany behind Cydia app directory files lawsuit. After losing a dispute under the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) in March, a jailbreak iPhone app store has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Apple Goes After High Traffic iTunes Typo Domain Names
· Policy & LawApple asks arbitration panel to give it typo domain names. Apple has filed a dispute with World Intellectual Property Forum over two high traffic typos of iTunes.com. The complaint covers wwiTunes.com and wwwiTunes.com, both of which take advantage ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Apple Sues Owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com, Then Dismisses Case
· Policy & LawSeller of white iPhones sued. Apple has sued the owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com (as well as the domain name itself), but then filed to dismiss the case on the same day (pdf). However, the dismissal is "without prejudice", meaning it can be refiled. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment