Apple wants rights to the image of apples in Switzerland

Post by capitalsigma » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:23 PM UTC

pdntspa wrote: post #58

sashank_1509 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In their defense, most Apple employees are paid in stocks and share buybacks likely increases their compensation more than directly increasing their compensation.

Are rank-and-file (not engineering) employees of Apple compensated in enough stock that buybacks are really worth that much? I highly doubt it. And even then, until those shares are sold they are subject to the whims of the market. Paper millionaire status doesn't mean shit if you can barely afford to pay rent. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush...

Post by domador » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

Varqu wrote: post #16

hu3 wrote: post #6

> THE FRUIT UNION Suisse is 111 years old. For most of its history, it has had as its symbol a red apple with a white cross—the Swiss national flag superimposed on one of its most common fruits. But the group, the oldest and largest fruit farmer’s organization in Switzerland, worries it might have to change its logo, because Apple, the tech giant, is trying to gain intellectual property rights over depictions of appl…

There should be a penalty for such bogus trademark claims, best as % of the global revenue. Then, maybe, they would learn that a corporation cannot bully others only because it has unlimited legal resources.

Post by sircastor » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:27 PM UTC

nico wrote: post #7

This is kind of the opposite of a similar situation that just happened in Chile The company NotCo got sued by the milk producers association for mis-using the word Leche (milk in Spanish) in their NotMilk product so it doesn’t use the word Milk The milk producers won and the courts have ordered NotCo to change the name of their NotMilk product

Post by dtagames » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #6

> THE FRUIT UNION Suisse is 111 years old. For most of its history, it has had as its symbol a red apple with a white cross—the Swiss national flag superimposed on one of its most common fruits. But the group, the oldest and largest fruit farmer’s organization in Switzerland, worries it might have to change its logo, because Apple, the tech giant, is trying to gain intellectual property rights over depictions of appl…

Post by mcv » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:40 PM UTC