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There aren't a lot of technology companies called Apple. Trademarks are related to the business. IANAL but it seems like Threads.com has a real case here
by airstrike 3y ago
There aren't a lot of technology companies called Apple. Trademarks are related to the business.
IANAL but it seems like Threads.com has a real case here
- throwoutway 3y agoPerhaps Meta's attorneys will do the 'nice' thing and pay to license the name from them. Apple paid Cisco millions for the right to use the name iOS/iPhone, and Cisco retained the right to continue to use the trademark.
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- acomjean 3y agoApple records (Apple corp) had an issue back in the early apple computer days. Then when Apple released its itunes store, Apple records really had an issue, but there was some litigation and they settled.. "The settlement includes terms that are confidential, although newspaper accounts at the time stated that Apple Computer was buying out Apple Corps' trademark rights for a total of $500 million." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer