Apple Targeting Indie Director Over 'Apple-Man' Film Title Trademark

[mdriftmeyer]

Nearly an entire thread of foolish responses who know nothing of Trademark Laws.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Apple doesn’t get to prevent the word apple ever being used in a trademark.

Funny you should mention that, because back when Apple was called Apple Computer they were in a three decades long litigation battle because Apple Corps (the holding company for Beatle’s record label Apple Records) sued them in the 1970s. Apple Computer had to pay them millions to settle the case on multiple occasions until they bought out the Apple trademark for half a billion dollars and gave Apple Corps a perpetual license to use it. So in essence, there is precedence around this very name under similar circumstances.

 

[TheOldChevy]

This reminds me "apple corps vs apple computer" story. Longtime ago.

 

[Danfango]

Fire the scum lawyers who initiated this.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Apple needs to turn this into a PR win, but they probably won't. Free advice, in case everyone is missing it:

-Apple should buy the rights to this and put it on Apple TV+ and re-name it whatever they want. This way, everyone wins.

Call it "Orchard Man" or whatever.

Instead, Apple here comes off looking like a bully. They should fire their entire legal department for embarrassing the company.

That will only encourage more people to try the same just so they can get bought out by Apple the same way.

 

[Kuckuckstein]

ask for 99% cut of all movie sales on the apple store

You mean the fruit stand?

 

[Kierkegaarden]

The filmmaker got exactly what he wanted — publicity. He intentionally poked the bear just so a few mindless lemmings would watch his garbage film.

 

[Wildkraut]

LOL Apple that’s absurd!

What’s next Apple, will you try to forbid the sales of the Apple fruit?

Is Apple-Man written on Tim Apple office door?

Now we just need a few more Companies named after food types, and we‘ll all will starve to death because these food types won’t be allowed to be sold anymore.

 

[Wildkraut]

What if the movie name was Mac-Man lol 😂 😹

You mean a movie about a tiny bitten Apple which likes to eat seeds? ……………..

 

[Wildkraut]

Yup. He's making a movie about apples the fruit just like the one that Eve ett because the snekky devil tempted her, and then made Adam ett it too ebil woman which of course led to their oldest son killing the younger son or maybe it was the other way around but in the end it led to human sin, violence, greed, murder, porn, capital gains tax, and world war 4 which eventually Apple the Company needs to realize it was NEVER about them.... well except for the evil and greed part

Yeah true, Apple should sue the Pope and forbid the holy scriptures. ?

/s

 

[SFjohn]

Apple Man is a man who has many Apple devices, for example an iPhone 13 Pro Max, M1 Mac mini, AirPods Max, AirPods Pro, 12.9" iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Apple Watch Series 7, Apple Polishing Cloth Pro

That’s me! 😉

 

[t0rqx]

So any lawyers who would like to help nature protecting the name Apple, like the actual fruit Apple which existed first?

 

[GeoSciGuy]

Yoooooo! That was so cool. Hands down ✊

An Apple a day keeps a doomsday. Dr. Burger-man is so cool man. Wonder what his special powers are? I want to watch this movie now. Dr. Burger-man rules. All I kept thinking of was Burger-King Whopper Junior. I’m craving one right now.

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They have so many characters lettuce man, alcoholic man... pepper man, do we have a fries man???

My man over here ruling over SFO Golden Gate Bridge. Apple is definitely jealous. Thanks for sharing you rock!!!

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If they included an Egg-Man, they could be sued by Apple Inc. and Apple Corps. (The Beatles).

I vote to rename the movie AirPower-Man!

He has superpowers and floats through the air, right?

 

[Ifti]

His movie, and himself, have just been promoted hundred-fold.

 

[yannxou]

All cooking blogs with Apple pie recipes should be scared now!

 

[Fancler]

Wait, there's an Apple-man? Where do I buy it?

Seriously though, I don't know how Gwyneth Paltrow's kid has survived this long without being sued.

 

[yannxou]

That's ridiculous and in no way this can lead to confusion... If there was a man product from Apple it would be called the iMan.

 

[Nuno Lopes]

Common words should be non trademark able. Today’s practice is akin to private companies taken ownership of peoples lexic.

If you want an unique name … make one … don’t steal it from the dictionary.

Crazy trademark policies.

 

[quatermass]

can we not eat apples now?

You can, but you'll have to call them something else. I mean, we can't have people getting confused or having the brand devalued. What kind of world would that be?

 

[MRrainer]

Just call it Fruit-Man. Problem solved.

But he had to choose apples, because he knows that subconsciously, now almost everybody (in the English language at least) associates "Apple" with a capital "A" with the company.

 

[alien3dx]

You can, but you'll have to call them something else. I mean, we can't have people getting confused or having the brand devalued. What kind of world would that be?

2050 - can you name a fruit ?
A student -> apple
Teacher -> Wrong . Apple is a brand ?
Student -> Confuse
Teacher -> Apple is extinct fruit, so the name "Apple" are now for "Apple product only"

 

[robertcoogan]

Apple is really looking stupid here. They need to stop this nonsense.

When the Marx Brothers came out with A Night in Casablanca, Warner Brothers (who had released Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart) threatened to sue the Marx Brothers over the use of the name "Casablanca." So Groucho Marx threatened to countersue over unauthorized use of the name "Brothers." Warner Brothers dropped the threats. XD

Same sort of stupidity here. The oxygen must be thinner up at the executive level. And does anyone remember how the Beatles (who owned a recording company called Apple) threatened to sue Apple Computer for unauthorized use of the name "Apple?" WTF Apple.

 

[Xenobius]

Apple-Clowns

 

[lugworm]

Very petty behaviour by apple, although totally expected. They just can't help themselves.

 

[GuilleA]

Apple is a bully. There's nothing on that movie poster that would make anyone think the movie is about Steve Jobs or Apple. And no one has any interest in making a movie about Tim.

The problem here is that the director is trying to trademark it. By law, a trademark owner (Apple) has to defend its brand or risk losing it. It's not that they feel threatened by it, they need to make sure there's no legal precedent on trademarking Apple-like brands.