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Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by nostromo »

atchoo wrote: post #70
JW_00000 wrote: post #29

The title is quite deceptive. Reading the Wired article, Apple seems to be pursuing a trademark in Switzerland on a depiction of an apple (without bite mark, and in black-and-white). The Swiss authorities granted this but only on limited product categories. Apple filed an appeal about this, which is ongoing. Now, the Fruit Union is fear-mongering / spreading the message that, if this appeal is granted, they would be…

> without bite mark Why? Apple isn't going to brand products with that surely? Sounds like there is yet more back story i.e. trademark trolling - Apple only applied for that mark to go after other people.

Because they don’t want people to sell laptops and phones with an uneaten apple on them. It’s pretty simple.

The article is written to be ragebait, and judging by the comments here, it’s been successful.

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by totalZero »

cjs_ac wrote: post #35

When it comes to discussing intellectual property laws, it's important to remember where they came from. I live in High Wycombe, a market town in the South East of England. In the nineteenth century, Wycombe was known as the centre of chair manufacturing. The chairs were initially transported by barge down the Wye and Thames Rivers to Windsor, where they were sold, and consequently became known as Windsor chairs. The…

> providence

In this case, it seems the word you are looking for is "provenance."

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by yard2010 »

oniony wrote: post #64
cjs_ac wrote: post #35

When it comes to discussing intellectual property laws, it's important to remember where they came from. I live in High Wycombe, a market town in the South East of England. In the nineteenth century, Wycombe was known as the centre of chair manufacturing. The chairs were initially transported by barge down the Wye and Thames Rivers to Windsor, where they were sold, and consequently became known as Windsor chairs. The…

So you're saying trademarks prevent arson and violence.

Well nothing can prevent that if you're making some people mad enough

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by yard2010 »

praptak wrote: post #10

Trademark protection should only apply where it prevents customer confusion. A consumer electronics company has no business in preventing anyone from using a similar logo for selling fruit .

When it comes to the US, the money speaks, not the logic..

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by cjs_ac »

totalZero wrote: post #92
cjs_ac wrote: post #35

When it comes to discussing intellectual property laws, it's important to remember where they came from. I live in High Wycombe, a market town in the South East of England. In the nineteenth century, Wycombe was known as the centre of chair manufacturing. The chairs were initially transported by barge down the Wye and Thames Rivers to Windsor, where they were sold, and consequently became known as Windsor chairs. The…

> providence In this case, it seems the word you are looking for is "provenance."

It is, thank you! I always get those two mixed up.

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

oniony wrote: post #64
cjs_ac wrote: post #35

When it comes to discussing intellectual property laws, it's important to remember where they came from. I live in High Wycombe, a market town in the South East of England. In the nineteenth century, Wycombe was known as the centre of chair manufacturing. The chairs were initially transported by barge down the Wye and Thames Rivers to Windsor, where they were sold, and consequently became known as Windsor chairs. The…

So you're saying trademarks prevent arson and violence.

I mean if it wasn't for the rule of law, that's what enforcement would look like.

Re: Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its Apple logo

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Post by kramerger »

fmajid wrote: post #86
varjag wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> However, if the gentleman from Clapham is unable to distinguish between an apple grown in Switzerland and a piece of computing machinery manufactured in China according to a design from California, one wonders whether a trademark would be of any help to him. Apple Records would like to have a word.

The Beatles extorted Apple Computer, twice, for their trademark.

Apple Computer broke the first agreement that stated they would never get in the music business

You know, like iTunes...

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