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But a noun like Apple passes your personal trademark requirements?
by bryans 5y ago
But a noun like Apple passes your personal trademark requirements?
- waynecochran 5y agoNot really. How about a definite article e.g. "the"?
- xboxnolifes 5y agoAre there other companies named Apple who complained about the name in the past?
- heavyset_go 5y agoThere's an entire Wikipedia article on just this.
- fghorow 5y agoApple Music. Owned the IP to the Beatles music, IIRC.
- asveikau 5y agoApple Corps and Apple Records. Was founded in the late 60s by the Beatles themselves. They also published solo works and a few other artists.
- dathinab 5y agoYes (if I remember correctly), especially wrt. to the apple logo trademark. But non are tech companies.
- ISL 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
- masswerk 5y agoActually, there was a complaint (The Beatles).
- dathinab 5y agono but at least for Apple there is little change to for any confusion, at least as long as apple doesn't sell food. Meta on the other hand is a widely used vague defined word used in many contexts especially tech/SiFi/AR as such there is a lot of potential confusion and potential "cultural appropriation" of existing language using that wording (e.g. in a SiFi novel). I think both shouldn't be a thing, but the negative effect Facebooks brand can have is much much larger.
- bryans 5y agoAs you already mentioned, the word "meta" isn't defined and is entirely conceptual. As such, it can't reasonably be associated with an existing product or service, so it can't and won't be subjected to the same strong trademark requirements.