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Unrelated: I didn't know Apple actually had a trademark on "Multi-Touch": http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=7...

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they don't

  2010-03-29 - Subsequent Final Mailed
  2010-03-29 - Subsequent Final Mailed
  2010-03-26 - Subsequent Final Refusal Written
  2010-03-02 - Teas/Email Correspondence Entered
  2010-03-01 - Communication received from applicant
  2010-03-01 - TEAS Response to Office Action Received
  2009-09-01 - Non-final action mailed
  2009-09-01 - Non-Final Action Written
  2009-08-13 - Teas/Email Correspondence Entered
  2009-08-13 - Communication received from applicant
  2009-08-10 - TEAS Request For Reconsideration Received
  2009-08-10 - Ex parte appeal - Instituted
  2009-08-10 - Jurisdiction Restored To Examining Attorney
  2009-08-10 - EXPARTE APPEAL RECEIVED AT TTAB
  2009-02-09 - Final refusal mailed

Hrm. I wonder why Omni decided it was?

Apple explicitly claims the trademark in their press releases.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/05/03ipad.html

They claim an unregistered trademark on it. ® signifies a registered trademark. ™ signifies an unregistered trademark. They can still sue to defend it as an unregistered trademark, but they'll have a harder case to prove (especially since their attempted registration was denied), and they wouldn't be entitled to the punitive damages that they could get if it was registered.

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