TECH HEAD REVIEW: Apple to launch iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 despite losing patent fight

Apple doesn't do things small, but rumors suggest that it is going to do that small thing again – the next iteration of the its mini tablet, the iPad Mini 2, is set to be launched this fall but not without glitches.

This time, it is the fact that Apple has lost its petition for the iPad Mini trademark. Yes, strange but true.

Despite Apple wresting the iPad’s US trademark fair and square from Fujitsu in March 2010, and securing it from a Chinese court in November 2012 for that country, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has refused to grant Apple Inc. the trademark for the iPad Mini.

Why? Logical question, but one with an answer that can be a little confusing.