Apple (AAPL) Moves to Trademark Four Additional Beats Stations
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is looking to expand its streaming music prowess with Beats and the company has filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to secure trademarks for B2, B3, B4, and B5, along with Beats Two, Beats Three, Beats Four, and Beats Five.
Macrumors cites Consomac with today's news.
The applications are all pending review.
Apple's licensing agreements with record labels gives it the ability to create up to five additional radio stations like Beats 1 without the need to negotiate new terms.
Apple was also recently said to have begun registering domain names related to the expanded radio stations in various global markets.
Shares of Apple are down around 1 percent Monday.
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