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Samsung Seeks to Trademark Logo Depicting Old Console TV on Legs

Samsung Electronics in South Korea filed Oct. 5 in the U.S. and Sept. 25 in the EU to trademark a wordless logo that depicts an old console TV on legs, its Patent and Trademark Office application shows. Samsung describes the…

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logo as a “rectangle shape in the style of a television with a leg on both sides.” It wants to possibly use it for a broad swath of consumer tech goods, said the application. Console TVs went out of favor by the early 2000s after the transition began from CRT to flat-panel sets in large screen sizes. Samsung didn’t respond to questions Friday.