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Apple Attempts to Block 'Nearly Identical' Logo From Trademarking
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You mean the little guy doesn’t have enough creative attorneys and lobbying like Apple does.
Well said. The big bully is trying to get attention here. They should worry about their antitrust practices.
They should thank Apple for pushing them to get rid of that terrible logo, what a mess!
No I mean the law says that if you don’t defend your trademark you lose it. It doesn’t matter how many creative attorneys you have. Of course Apple has more attorneys because they have more money but that doesn’t mean they should let people steal their property. That’s like saying if someone’s rich I should be able to steal their car because that’s nothing to them. They could buy a new car with their spare change and I need a car.
I say its a valid claim, however Apple did in fact steal their idea from an apple, so any apple design will be similar.
Also I wouldn't pick up a bottle of water with this label on it, and confuse it with a computer.
Again having said that, the overlay is pretty telling - looks like they grabbed an Apple logo vector and just added bits another leaf and removed the bite.
Also I wouldn't pick up a bottle of water with this label on it, and confuse it with a computer.
Again having said that, the overlay is pretty telling - looks like they grabbed an Apple logo vector and just added bits another leaf and removed the bite.
Yeah they probably don’t expect to win but they can say they have a history of defending the trademark. This will help them in the future if someone tries to make a computer with the Apple logo
Clearly a clever ploy to get some free advertising for free for Arcus.
No because planting a tree has nothing to do with a trademark.
Forget the trademark dispute. Who else is excited that there is another bottled water coming to the market. I've been waiting for another bottled water to come to market, there just aren't enough.
I wouldn’t called it a random Apple. The similarities on this one are pretty obvious.
Apple doesn't own the rights to an apple, just to something trying to ape their logo. That's extreme hyperbole to refer to this as dystopian....
Agreed, it totally makes sense. I wasn't aware of that until I read it somewhere up in the comments that you have to defend your trademark.
Wow just imagine Apple's profits if they didn't have to spend money on lawyers and legal fees in these side issues all the time. The amount of revenue would be staggering surely.
Wow, yeah, the random design elements on top of the logo really distract from how similar the silhouettes are.
Similar in the same way ⌘C and ⌘V are similar? haha
Pretty blatant rip-off - Apple will win this easily
That said, wasn't the 'bite' as a differentiator one of Apple's lines of defense with Apple Corp?
That said, wasn't the 'bite' as a differentiator one of Apple's lines of defense with Apple Corp?
Had the original businessspent the $350 USPTO filing fee on even a student they would perhaps have something they could be proud of—never mind the investment they're about to make in legal fees.
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Not saying Apple doesn't have a case here. But I think there are also only so many ways for an apple icon:
Wow, yeah, the random design elements on top of the logo really distract from how similar the silhouettes are.
🍏 Green Apple Emoji | Meaning, Copy And Paste
A common green apple, a more tart counterpart to the Red Apple. Displayed with a stem and a single green leaf on major platforms.