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They were right to be concerned, in the sense that in the long-term they were outcompeted in the marketplace. That doesn't mean they were right to sue, or that
by jstanley 6y ago
They were right to be concerned, in the sense that in the long-term they were outcompeted in the marketplace.
That doesn't mean they were right to sue, or that they should have succeeded.
Nobody has a right not to have competition, and the Apple IIGS was not a device principally for creating music.
- bigiain 6y agoOn the other hand, imagine the tsunami of lawyer-shit you'd be drowning in if you started a record label called "iPhone Corp" today?
- Dylan16807 6y agoAlmost entirely because that's not a word. Calling something "Lightning" would be a lot closer, as a trademark they use but with very conditional mindshare.
- Caprinicus 6y agoThat’s different because the iPhone is not a generic object like a fruit. You could totally call a business Macintosh Records and get away with it though
- echelon 6y agoI'd argue that iPhone is a generic term like band aid or Google. "Pad" and "Pod" are certainly generic. https://blog.tracyjonglawfirm.com/has-ipad-become-a-generic-term/ https://blog.tracyjonglawfirm.com/has-ipad-become-a-generic-...
- airstrike 6y ago> I'd argue that iPhone is a generic term like band aid or Google. And you would lose that argument. 2/3 of those are not generic terms.
- hellotomyrars 6y agoYeah I don’t think iPhone flies as generic but by god in my time of technical support do I find people refer to all manner of cheap $50-$100 Walmart special android tablets as “iPads” and it’s caused me more than a few headaches.
- niea_11 6y agoRecently, Apple sued a company over of its pear shaped logo : https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/08/legal-action-against-company-with-pear-logo/ https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/08/legal-action-against-co... And other organisations as well: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/05/apple-norway-progress-party-logo-trademark-opposition/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/05/apple-norway-progress-p... https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/01/apple-opposes-german-cycling-logo-trademark/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/01/apple-opposes-german-cy... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#Trademarks,_copyrights,_and_patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#Trademar...
- cmiles74 6y agoIf it wasn't Apple, it would have been Disney. http://www.mtv.com/news/3020742/fake-nickelodeon-products-pear-company/ http://www.mtv.com/news/3020742/fake-nickelodeon-products-pe...
- edgyquant 6y agoI don’t see how apple can be said to have ever competed with a record company. Unless there is something I am missing out on here?
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoYou're thinking too narrow. Apple the record company considered itself to be operating in the broader domain of audio/sound/music/playback etc. Apple the computer company had started to enter that domain.
- kzrdude 6y agoBut then in the present day, there is Apple Music so now they are certainly competing (and have already settled with Apple records).
- finchisko 6y agoFor example they bought Apple trademark from Apple records for undisclosed sum and now they're licensing it back to Apple Records.
- fsckboy 6y ago> Nobody has a right not to have competition actually, trademark holders do have a right not to have competition that is branded with their same name, and consumers have a right when purchasing Apple records to be buying from the Beatles and not from a rip off artist.