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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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> 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.

Providence is like providing something (provide ence) and Provenance is like it stems from something like a vine (pro vine ance).

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

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Apple 'owns' apple.pl DOMAIN NAME: apple.pl registrant type: organization nameservers: a.ns.apple.com. b.ns.apple.com. c.ns.apple.com. d.ns.apple.com. created: 1998.08.26 13:00:00 last modified: 2023.01.13 18:06:41 renewal date: 2023.08.25 14:00:00 option created: 2023.04.05 15:47:12 option expiration date: 2026.04.05 15:47:12

The domain in question was literally "a.pl"

My fault, read that as "a .pl" not "a.pl"...

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

#133

How the heck does one copyright a whole-ass image of an apple, wtf?

It is suprising what you can do with hundreds of lawyers and several congressmen.

(Which simplifies down to "an obscene amount of money to throw at lawsuits".)

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

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> 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.

It's the logo for Apple Corps, The Beatles' company. The final settlement for the trademark dispute between the two Apples saw Apple Corps's trademarks transferred to Apple [Computer] Inc and licenced back to Apple Corps Ltd. I suspect the agreement between Apple and Apple probably requires Apple Inc to take reasonable steps to protect the ex-Apple Corps trademarks that they now own, such as filing for registration i…

Wow, finally someone with the real story here. Thanks for explaining the connection to Apple Corp

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

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This new 2011 Swiss Fruit logo is obviously influenced by Apple's 1977 design. How could it not be? There's a clear likeness and good luck finding a graphics designer in 2011 who hasn't seen the Apple logo before.

The old Swiss Fruit logo looked more like a tomato.

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

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

Because Steve took the name off a Beatles Album. It wasn't extortion

He got the idea up on a farm when he did an Apple fast. I suspect LSD was involved.

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

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This title is clickbait. If you read the article, it’s pretty clear that Apple has taken no action against the fruit company and there’s no reason to think they will, or that they’d even be able to if granted the trademarks requested. It also seems as if they’re trying to retain rights to use the whole apple for specific products. From the source: “ Apple's attempts to secure the trademark in Switzerland go as far ba…

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.

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

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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…

Wycombe is really close to where I grew up but I did not know this.

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

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post #136

This new 2011 Swiss Fruit logo is obviously influenced by Apple's 1977 design. How could it not be? There's a clear likeness and good luck finding a graphics designer in 2011 who hasn't seen the Apple logo before. The old Swiss Fruit logo looked more like a tomato.

I don't think it is beyond general stylist language of the time. The only thing it really has in common is the outline at the bottom which is what makes it clearly an apple.

No consumer will confuse these two and they don't even compete in the same product ranges. I totally agree with the regulator decision.

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