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Apple Targeting Indie Director Over 'Apple-Man' Film Title Trademark
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Could it be for merchandise? Would he need to trademark it in order to release Apple-Man figures and such? Or not necessarily to release merchandise but to protect from others doing the same? I don’t know, just speculating.
We can not even write or say Apple while mentioning the fruit or something else except Apple Inc. What a stupid time we started to live
You mean congress who wrote/passed the Trademark Law ? Courts/Lawyers enforce/litigate laws as written.
If youre going to take issue with the makers of a movie about apples, then youre going to have to take issue with every greengrocer and supermarket in the world.
Attorneys are more than happy to produce 467 page documents for clients. And some clients even think that is a sign of a good attorney.
This is idiotic and abusive arbitrary behavior by a corporation that can afford to mindlessly bully other entities with hordes of lawyers and insane amounts of money.
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I work on a top secret team at Apple who is working on bringing back the iPod, the new product will pay tribute to the Sony Diskman. The product will be called Apple-Man . You heard it here first.
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Film Maker tried to trademark Apple-Man in a context (Movies/TV) where Apple has existing trademarks like Apple TV - Apple TV+. Depending on how broadly the trademark was given to the filmmaker it could for example prevent Apple from forming Apple Studios as the trademark is overly broad.
The lawsuit in question is not about the movie being named Apple-Man, Apple does not assert that is owns every use of apple. It does however own the trademark in contexts around computing, electronics, and possibly TV/Movies.
If Apple does not defend the trademark, it looses it. That is what the trademark law says. Apple is not being aggressive. They are defending the trademark as not to loose it.
I work on a top secret team at Apple who is working on bringing back the iPod, the new product will pay tribute to the Sony Diskman. The product will be called Apple-Man . You heard it here first.
### END SARCASM ###
Film Maker tried to trademark Apple-Man in a context (Movies/TV) where Apple has existing trademarks like Apple TV - Apple TV+. Depending on how broadly the trademark was given to the filmmaker it could for example prevent Apple from forming Apple Studios as the trademark is overly broad.
The lawsuit in question is not about the movie being named Apple-Man, Apple does not assert that is owns every use of apple. It does however own the trademark in contexts around computing, electronics, and possibly TV/Movies.
If Apple does not defend the trademark, it looses it. That is what the trademark law says. Apple is not being aggressive. They are defending the trademark as not to loose it.
Apple has broken my heart. I loved the company, but what's going on, the sheer callous corporate behavior, their covid actions alone are nothing short of terrorism. Apple has screwed up badly, and Apple users/shareholders will have to wear the shame brought to the platform by the creepy, cowardly and idiotic management in Cupertino.
Cook owes Apple users and the world an apology, and to try and make amends for the fear and division they helped spread, and the for lives they have helped ruin. It seems like Tim Cook is incapable of any meaningful self reflection, hasn't learned a damn thing outside his very shallow bubble, and keep doubling down on horrible. He's also personally profited greatly on marketing this collective misery from the last couple years.
I want to be excited by what Apple is doing, because there is some legit neat stuff, but the clouds are very dark over Cupertino, and there's something fundamentally broken, on a very human level, with the leadership team.
Yes. It is a global system of interconnected computer networks operating with shared use of the Internet Protocol Suite. I think you might be surprised to learn you used the internet to ask your question. It's so popular that many people refuse to leave home without it.
I don’t think the picture is the issue, but in some situations, I do believe the answer is no.
Trademark would help him if there is any merchandise, derivatives, or tie-ins
What's next? Suing apple farmers for producing products whose appearance violates Apple's logo trademark? Demanding a royalty for every apple sold?
So you think anyone could registered a trademark like "Apple 3" in the category of computers?
If you look at the webpage you linked to, you would see that Apple Jacks is already a registered trademark.