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Originally Posted by ratinox
iOS trademarks are licenced from Cisco.
Apple list iPhone as an Apple trademark, not licensed, so it looks like they bought the marks like they did for iPad (from Fujitsu).
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Naming 101 for products, titles*, software & OS names:
1) Search dictionary that it's not a word. Utter fail if a spelling checker thinks it's OK.
2) Search the Internet. Before that you could search Trademark and Company name directories.
3) Possibly check it's not something nasty in a common language or trope in fiction.
Do not register real phrases or words as trademarks even if the broken USPTO allows it. Especially then do not sue all round you in fields unconnected with your business. It's malicious. See McDonalds, Vogue, Hollyworod (e.g. "Winter is coming")
Characters in books are the opposite (should common unlike the others).
And supermarkets should stop inventing misleading own brands for their products. Especially ones suggesting a local place or farm. I'm looking at YOU: Tesco, Aldi and Lidl.
Also "Handmade" and "Specially Selected" and "Premium Quality" ought to be banned from factory made supermarket products!
Strangely titles can't be copyrighted, but it's not sensible to use the same one that's commonly known, or actually very common!