Apple Grabs Lightning Trademark From Harley-Davidson

Apple has acquired a trademark to the term "Lightning" -- the name it uses for the new, smaller connector for its iOS devices -- from Harley-Davidson, according to online filings. The transfer, however, only applies to certain applications of the term.

First reported by Patently Apple, Europe's Trademark and Designs Registration Office shows two Lightning trademarks now held by Apple that were originally filed by a company called H-D Michigan, LLC. Although the company isn't identified explicitly as Harley-Davidson, Michigan is where the motorcycle manufacturer's intellectual-property holding company is based.

The transfers occurred on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, according to the do…
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