How bloody petty of Apple to put someone through this for an asymetrical leaf update on a different type of fruit.
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Prepear Changes Pear Logo to Settle Trademark Dispute With Apple
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yeah, cuz a pear looks so much like an apple.
I mean, great. A victory for someone somewhere, I guess. A leaf was changed slightly. I hope we can all sleep a little better after this.
Why can't Apple just leaf them alone?
Yes, but Prepear won too because they got six figures worth of PR from this!
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Kellogg's had a trademark dispute with Maya Archaeology Initiative over their tucan logo. I worked at a design company that did work for Kellogg, and it was basically explained to us that if they did not pro-actively defend their trademarks others would use that as legal reasons for arguing that their trademarks are not valid. slowly chipping away at their brands.
In the end this was more of a show of strength for their brand than the actual over suing a non-profits logo. They did settle and donated 100k to the organization
And the android fanbois are doing what? Oh buying phones without chargers. Who cares.
I think it is funny considering for yrs Apple was using the name Apple when it was owned
by the Beatles... Pot calling the Kettle black.
by the Beatles... Pot calling the Kettle black.
Apple had nothing better to do and went after small fish, which is NOT in the technology business..hey Apple management get your act together and do something “ fruitful “ see what I did there..might be the dumbest thing Apple ever done as legal is concerned. Is Apple really unsecured about themselves that they need to sue anyone who tried to copy their world renowned logo? Btw those two logos don’t look the same.
Shockingly you’re right..may be the company already paid Apple to look other way..just because it didn’t report in the news it doesn’t mean Apple didn’t notice.
That is SO ridiculous! 😂 Apple sued over a leaf shape? It’s a damn pear! Not an apple. Looks nothing like an apple!
next up is my guess Apple going to sue or “ ask nicely “ of ALL girls named “ Apple “ or “ April “ to change their names to something else or face having iPhone taking away😆 Apple claim “ April “ sounded like Apple..both start with letter “ A “ and second letter is “ P “ and have total of same amount of letters: 5😆
The point isn't so much to notice the change (which the company probably hopes you won't), but rather that you won't look at the old logo and experience confusion as to any relationship between them and Apple. This to me seems like an appropriate resolution.
Oh come on, you wanna see something that's actually too similar and would actually have some merit?
If that pear dilutes Apple's trademark in any way, every logo on earth is probably diluting trademark of something else. B.S.
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