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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its apple logo

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Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its apple logo

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Apple wants to trademark an image of an apple in Switzerland, and this could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its logo.

Apple wants to claim depictions of actual apples.

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This reminds of how Apple Corps (The Beatles’ record label) forced Apple Inc. to stay out of anything related to music for many years.
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  They tried to sue Australian grocery-duopolly Woolworths for their apple/ pumpkin type W logo

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