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`ESTTA Tracking number:
`07/25/2011
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91198009
`Defendant
`Apple Inc.
`GLENN A GUNDERSEN
`DECHERT LLP
`CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
`PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-2808
`UNITED STATES
`glenn.gundersen@dechert.com, christine.hernandez@dechert.com,
`trademarks@dechert.com
`Opposition/Response to Motion
`Glenn A. Gundersen
`glenn.gundersen@dechert.com, christine.hernandez@dechert.com,
`trademarks@dechert.com
`/Glenn A. Gundersen/
`07/25/2011
`Response Brief.pdf ( 5 pages )(163357 bytes )
`Hernandez Decl.pdf ( 3 pages )(78255 bytes )
`Hernandez Decl Exhibits.pdf ( 10 pages )(1527360 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In re the matter of:
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`Application Serial No: 85/025,647
`Mark:
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`and
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`Application Serial No: 85/040,770
`Mark:
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`
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`Published in the Oflicial Gazette
`on November 16, 2010
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`Published in the Oflicial Gazette
`on November 23, 2010
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
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`Opposer,
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`v.
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`Applicant.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Opposition No. 91 198009 (consolidated
`: with Opposition Nos. 91 198015,
`:
`91198990, 91198992, 91199013,
`:
`91199024, 91199025, 91199026 and
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`91 199027)
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`APPLICANT’S RESPONSE TO OPPOSER’S MOTION TO STAY
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`Applicant Apple Inc. respectfully requests that Opposer’s Motion to Stay (the “Motion”)
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`be denied for the following reasons.
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`Opposer Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. seeks to stay this opposition pending the
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`resolution ofApp1icant’s ‘pending claims against Opposer and Opposer’s affiliates, Samsung
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`Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, in the U.S. District
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`Court for the Northern District of California (the “District Court Litigation”). The District Court
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`Litigation challenges the slavish copying by Opposer and its affiliates of Applicant’s popular
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`iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. As described in Applicant’s Amended Complaint
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`(attached as Exhibit 2 to the Declaration of Michael T. Zeller submitted with the Motion) (the
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`“Complaint”), the design of‘Opposer’s devices infringes the distinctive appearance of
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`App1icant’s devices and packaging, violating Applicant’s trademark, trade dress and design
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`patent rights. See Compl. 111] 79-109.
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`As Opposer describes in detail, Applicant has asserted a number of trademark
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`registrations and pending trademark applications in its Complaint, including three registrations
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`for the iPhone design and configuration (U.S. Registration Nos. 3,470,983, 3,457,218 and
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`3,475,327), three pending applications for the iPad design and configuration (U.S. Application
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`Serial Nos. 77/921,838, 77/921,829 and 77/921,869), and one pending application for the iPhone
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`4 design and configuration (U.S. Application Serial No. 85/299,118). Those trademarks and
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`pending applications depict several three-dimensional images of Applicant’s iPhone and iPad
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`devices as well as images of the iPhone and iPad devices with their distinctive screens of colorful
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`icons.
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`However, in the Complaint Applicant has not cited the marks shown in the applications
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`which are being opposed in this proceeding (the “Marks”). The Marks are two-dimensional
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`representations of Applicant’s iPhone and iPad devices, and the applications for the Marks do
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`not seek to register a configuration of Applicant’s devices.
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`Applicant allows authorized licensees that develop third-party accessories designed for
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`the iPad and iPod devices to use the Marks in a variety of ways. For example, as shown in the
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`attached printout from Applicant’s website, the “MFi program” licenses developers to develop
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`electronic accessories for the iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. See Ex. A to the Declaration of
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`Christine M. Hernandez (“Hernandez Decl.”), submitted herewith. Among other benefits,
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`licensed developers are given permission to include the following logos on their accessories,
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`which prominently include the Marks:
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`Made for
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`iPad
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`iPhone
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`Made for
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`See id. Applicant also licenses third-party developers to use the Marks to signal compatibility
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`with the iPad or iPhone devices. See id. Ex. B (Applicant’s webpage describing licensing of
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`iPod, iPhone and iPad icons); Ex. C (Applicant’s iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons Usage
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`Guidelines).
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`Applicant seeks registration of the Marks in part so that it can police counterfeit goods
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`and enforce its rights as the exclusive licensor of the Marks. Suspension of the instant
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`proceedings in favor of the District Court Litigation would delay registration of Applicant’s
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`Marks, prejudicing Applicant in its efforts to prevent the manufacture and sale of knockoff
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`goods.
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`Opposer as failed to demonstrate that the District Court Litigation has a bearing on the
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`instant proceedings. Applicant asserts claims of trademark, trade dress and design patent
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`infringement in the District Court Litigation. The Marks are not at issue in the District Court
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`Litigation, and so any decision by the District Court will not have a bearing on the registrability
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`of the Marks. Moreover, a stay of the instant proceedings would hamper App1icant’s ability to
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`protect against the distribution of counterfeit “Made for iPad” and “Made for iPhone” products.
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`Accordingly, for the foregoing reasons, Applicant respectfully requests that the motion to stay be
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`denied.
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`Date: July25, 2011
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`Attorneys for Applicant
`APPLE INC.
`1
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`By:
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`Glenn A. Gundersen
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`Christine M. Hernandez
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`Dechert LLP
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`Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808
`Telephone: 215-994-2183
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on July 25, 2011 a true and correct copy of the foregoing App1icant’s
`Response to Opposer’s Motion to Stay was served on Opposers’ counsel via electronic mail to
`the following addresses, as agreed among the parties:
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`rws@pattisha11.com
`diane.mason@1eclairryan.com
`dmb@pattishall.com
`fe1icia.e1lils@k1gates.com
`ke11y_wa1ton@dell.com
`michae1.je.smith@nokia.com
`rweisbein@foley.com
`smeleen@pirkeybarber.com
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`susan.ho1lander@klgates.com gavég/X
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`Christine M. Hernandez
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`IN T E UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`0: 85/025,647
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`and
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`Application Serial No: 85/040,770
`Mark:
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`In re the matter of: ;
`Application Serial
`Mark;
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`
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`Published in the Ojfficial Gazette
`on November 16, 2010
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`Published in the Oflicial Gazette
`on November 23, 2010
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
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`:
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`Opposer,
`}
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`v.
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`Opposition No. 91 198009 (consolidated
`: with Opposition Nos. 91 198015 ,
`:
`91198990, 91198992, 91199013,
`:
`91199024, 91199025, 91199026 and
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`'
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`91 199027)
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`, A
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`APPLE INC.,
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`pplicant.
`_______________________________________________________________
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`‘ DECLARATION OF CHRISTINE M. HERNANDEZ
`IN SUPPORT QF APPLICANT’S RESPONSE TO OPPOSER’S MOTION TO STAY
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`1, Christine: M. Hernandez, do hereby declare and state as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an associate with the firm of Dechert LLP, counsel for Apple Inc. (“Apple”)
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`in this proceeding: I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if sworn as a
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`witness, could andwould testify competently thereto.
`2.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of a webpage accessed
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`July 25, 2011, describing Apple’s MFi licensing program, located at
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`http://developer.apple.com/programs/mf1/.
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`3.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a webpage accessed
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`July 25, 2011, describing Apple’s licensing ofthe iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons, located at
`http://developenapple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/icons.html.
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`4.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a webpage accessed
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`July 25, 2011, describing Usage Guidelines for the iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons, located at
`http://devimagesapple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/files/App1e_Icons_Guidelines_O3 101 1
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`.pdf.
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`I declare
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`der penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 25th day of July 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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`ow»c.u/M/
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`Christine M. Hernandez
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby ce ify that on July 25, 2011 a true and correct copy of the foregoing Declaration
`of Christine M. Hernandez and accompanying exhibits was served on Opposers’ counsel via
`electronic mail to the following addresses, as agreed among the parties:
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`rws@pattisha11.com
`diane.mason@1eclainyan.com
`dmb@pattiI?shal1.com
`fe1icia.ellis@k1gates.com
`kelly_wa1ton@de1l.com
`michael.je.smith@nokia.com
`rweisbein@fo1ey.com
`smeleen@pirkeybarber.com
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`susan.ho11ander@k1gates.com mauw
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`Christine M. Hernandez
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`Exhibit A
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`Exhibit AExhibit A
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`MFi Program - Apple Developer
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`Page 1 of 1
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`Participate in the MFi licensing program to develop electronic accessories that connect to
`iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Licensed developers gain access to technical documentation,
`hardware components, technical support and certification logos.
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`MFi Logos
`The Made for iPod, Made for iPhone, and Made for iPad logos mean that an
`electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod, iPhone,
`or iPad and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance
`standards.
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`Technical Documentation and Hardware Components
`Developers receive technical specifications describing the iPod Accessory
`protocol, the communication protocol used to interact with iPod, iPhone, and
`iPad. Developers also gain access to the hardware connectors and
`components that are required to manufacture iPod, iPhone, and iPad
`accessories.
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`Technical Support and Compatibility
`Developers have access to Developer Technical Support and Compatibility
`Labs to assist in product development and testing.
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`Program Benefits
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`Technical Information
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`Hardware connectors and components
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`Testing Tools
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`Technical Support
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`Product Certification
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`MFi Logos
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`iPod, iPhone, and iPad compatibility icons
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`Apply Now
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`Sign In
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`iOS Accessories
`To design iOS apps that communicate with accessories
`connected through the 30-pin dock connector or
`Bluetooth, join the iOS Developer Program.
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`iPod, iPhone, and iPad Cases
`If you are designing a carrying case for iPod, iPhone, or
`iPad, download dimensional drawings for current and
`past products, and get access to compatibility icons.
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`http://developer.apple.com/programs/mfi/
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`7/25/2011
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`Exhibit B
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`Exhibit BExhibit B
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`Software Licensing & Trademarks - iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons
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`Page 1 of 1
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`Overview
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`Audio Units
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`Bonjour
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`Final Cut Pro
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`FireWire
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`Image Units
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`iMovie
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`iPhoto
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`iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons
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`iTunes
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`Mac Logo
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`MobileMe
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`QuickTime
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`MFi Program
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`Participate in the MFi program to
`develop accessories that attach to the
`dock connector for iPod, iPhone, and
`iPad. Learn More
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`Use Apple’s iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons to let customers know which iPod,
`iPhone, or iPad models and generations your product is compatible with.
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`If you are already participating in the MFi program, iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons are provided as part of the MFi license
`agreement. The iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons can also be used in association with certain products, such as headphones
`or cases, that do not qualify as a Licensed Product, in accordance with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons License
`Agreement described below.
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`Here’s what you need to do to become an authorized licensee:
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`Download the following:
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`̈ iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons License Agreement (PDF)
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`̈ iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons Usage Guidelines (PDF)
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`̈ iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons Artwork (ZIP)
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`Complete and mail the iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons License Agreement. For your convenience, the
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`Thoroughly read and comply with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons Usage Guidelines.
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`4. Await confirmation of approval from Apple before using the icons.
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`Finally, apply the iPod, iPhone, or iPad icons to your product packaging, advertising, websites, and other
`marketing communications in accordance with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad icons usage guidelines.
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`Note: By downloading the artwork from the link above, you agree that you will use the icons only in conjunction and
`compliance with an iPod, iPhone, and iPad Icons License Agreement approved by Apple Inc.
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`iPhoto
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`iTunes
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`http://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/icons.html
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`Exhibit C
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`Exhibit CExhibit C
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