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Claris International Inc., formerly FileMaker Inc., is a computer software development company formed as a subsidiary company of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 1987. It was given the source code and copyrights to several programs that were owned by Apple, notably MacWrite and MacPaint, in order to separate Apple’s application software activities from its hardware and operating systems activities. The company simplifies is brand as simply Claris’ as their logo illustrates above. Claris filed for two new trademarks last week for Claris Go and Claris Server. In both cases Claris has removed “FileMaker from their current trademarks Claris FileMaker Go and Claris FileMaker Server. Our report also covers a Design Patent that Apple was issued yesterday covering their full lineup of Animoji characters.
Claris Go
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has filed for the new ‘Claris Go’ trademark. While we able to find ‘Claris FileMaker Go’ on their site, we were unable to find the abbreviated version ‘Claris Go.’ The new trademark filing would suggest that Claris is changing their branding by simplifying it.
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Claris filed their trademark under International Class under 009 covering: “downloadable computer software platforms for application development, application deployment, application management, and database management; downloadable computer software for application development; downloadable software development tools; downloadable computer software platforms for storing, managing, and sharing of electronic data and information.”
Claris Server
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has filed for the new ‘Claris Server’ trademark. Once again, while we able to find ‘Claris FileMaker Server’ on their site, we were unable to find the abbreviated version ‘Claris Server.’ The new trademark filing would suggest that Claris is changing their branding by simplifying it as they did with Claris Go.
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Claris filed their trademark under International Class under 009 covering: “Downloadable and recorded computer software for storing, managing, and sharing electronic data and information; downloadable and recorded computer software for database management; downloadable and recorded computer software for software application hosting, access, sharing, and management.”
It should be noted that international trademark classes that Apple files their trademarks under are important as the trademark registration will only protect those classes that have been identified in their original application. In a legal battle, the classes filed for originally could make or break a legal case.
Animoji Design Patent
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Between 2018 and 2019 Patently Apple covered three (01, 02 & 03) design patents that were granted to Apple for Animoji in Hong Kong. As you can see in the image above, the characters are presented in rich colors and crisp details.
Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple design patent D964,458 covering Apple’s full lineup of Animoji that filled 58 pages. Below is a single set/single page of images representing the full range of Panda Animoji images.
Unlike the Hong Kong Patent Office that provides rich color images, the U.S. Patent Office only provides lower resolution black and white images.
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To review the remaining 57 pages of Animoji character images, review design patent D964,458.
