11 ms·
You can trademark ~anything but it might not stand up in court. Then again, who is going to take Apple to court? For them it's just cheap insurance.
by contingencies 6y ago
You can trademark ~anything but it might not stand up in court. Then again, who is going to take Apple to court? For them it's just cheap insurance.
- dcewcrrec 6y agoYou have to have the trademark approved, and they don't really care how big your company is, they will not approve a trademark for the word silicon. See: clothing brand Supreme's attempt to trademark their Supreme logo on a red background. If apple combines the word with a unique logo or combines it with some other word, they can get the trademark, but you can't get it for the word silicon by itself.
- jedberg 6y agoApple has a trademark on the word Apple in the computer space.
- CraftThatBlock 6y agoYes, but silicon is a common word in tech.
- JimDabell 6y ago"Windows" was a common word in tech, but Microsoft managed to get a trademark on that.