Apple Music has entered the chat.Yeah it really is awful for customers if companies have logos that are too similar, especially if you're in a similar business - like Apple and this water company.
One does not need to have filed a trademark for an opinion on this matter to be valid, nor do your two filings make yours more valid. Without needing to have filed a single trademark, my two eyeballs can tell me that these two stylized apples are nearly identical. Also without needing to have filed a single trademark, my brain knows that the folks at Georgette LLC should’ve absolutely known better. Apple’s apple is known at a glance planetwide, just like Nike’s swoosh and Audi’s four rings. The process may be broken (I was opposed to Apple going after Prepear, also without having filed any trademarks) but this isn’t an example of it.How many trademarks have you filed? I've filed two for my company (both without success due to existing TM by Cisco). FWIW they were words, rather than logos, but the procedure is the same.
The process is broken, because large companies can effectively own words and images now.
The overlay graphic demonstrates that it isn't a random Apple.They sued Pear, now they found a random apple, time to tell them about Newton and his apple.
They sued Pear, now they found a random apple, time to tell them about Newton and his apple.
Yeah, you don't understand trademark litigation at all, hey?Yes, in this case. But they have been going after other companies for silly reasons, like the one using the pear logo.
Yeah, you don’t understand the difference between an apple and a pear do you, hey?Yeah, you don't understand trademark litigation at all, hey?
I guess they can ask for royalties from everyone who obey Newton's lawsSo they can exhume Newton's body, and force it to appear in court?
Overlay my butt.The overlay graphic demonstrates that it isn't a random Apple.
That the Apple spirit! Pick on words, not meaning.apple didn’t “sue pear.”
Jobs hated this logo and because of it blamed the logo designer for Apple low sales 😆This is the real Apple Computer Co.
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That the Apple spirit! Pick on words, not meaning.
Keep going )))There’s a huge difference in meaning between suing someone (trying to force THEM not to use a mark), and opposing a trademark application (trying to prevent them from obtaining an exclusive right to use a mark, which if not opposed, would mean that “pear” would be able to force OTHERS not to use marks).
I ”pick on words” when the words being used have the opposite meaning from what actually occurred.
Thanks for confirming, champ.Yeah, you don’t understand the difference between an apple and a pear do you, hey?
Yeah, gotta side with Apple on this one. That overlay says it all.