> Either Apple said no, or wanted some other control over the show's content and oversight on the Mac and the producers refused. No. Apple have absolutely no r

> Either Apple said no, or wanted some other control over the show's content and oversight on the Mac and the producers refused. No. Apple have absolutely no right to dictate that. It would be fair use to use a commercially available laptop to denote a laptop in a TV show. They could ONLY contest if it was to dilute their mark through misuse. A product being displayed and used in its intended way is - by definition - not misuse. It is possible that they greeked the product to appease a competitor. e.g. masking out apple logos if they are sponsored by samsung, etc. But as I already mentioned in a previous comment: we live it a litigation-happy world, and the threat of a court case can be enough to scare some producers - even if it would be unjustified.