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Apple has filed trademarks for Beats 2, 3, 4, and 5 radio stations
As revealed initially by French site Consomac [translated], Apple has recently filed trademark applications for B2, B3, B4, and B5. These were filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in November of 2015, and include the matching marks for Beats 2, Beats 3, Beats 4, and Beats 5. As of the time of this writing, the patent applications are currently under review. They were initially submitted by Apple in November.
“Goods and Services: broadcasting and transmission of voice, data, images, music, audio, video, multimedia, television, and radio by means of telecommunications networks; broadcast and transmission of streamed music, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of telecommunications networks; matching users for the transfer of music, audio, video, and multimedia by means of telecommunications networks; providing access to websites, databases, electronic bulletin boards, on-line forums, directories, music, and video and audio programs”
As The Verge reported in August 2015, Apple’s current licensing contracts with rights holders include permissions for up to five additional Beats stations, indicating Apple planned all along to create a lineup of six Beats radio stations.