The US Patent Office decided to reject the application Applu to obtain a trademark on the name Touch ID. Apple understandably, the team wanted to protect the name of the fingerprint sensor that debuted at iPhone 5s and plans to use it on others this year iOS devices. The main reason for refusal of registration is that the trademark is too similar to the trademark of Kronos Technology, which protects its Kronos trademark in this way Touch ID since 2003.
Apple so he has until November 2014 to resolve the issues with his trademark and thus be able to apply again for its assignment and protection of the name of the technology that is hidden in the new Home Button button. There are two possible scenarios of what can happen Apple to do. As a first solution, it is stated that Apple renames the fingerprint sensor and starts protecting the new name. As a second solution, it is stated that you would Apple licensed the Kronos trademark, or purchased the trademark from the company. It is therefore a similar scenario to the one he suffered Apple earlier because of the names iPhone and iPad. Name iPhone it was previously protected by Cisco in the USA and IGB in Brazil, while the iPad name was protected in China by Proview Technology.
*Source: PatentlyApple
