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What I have gathered from US law is that they have to do it in order to protect their trademark. If they don't sue, it's same as giving up the trademark. Please
by tommi 14y ago
What I have gathered from US law is that they have to do it in order to protect their trademark. If they don't sue, it's same as giving up the trademark. Please correct if I'm wrong.
- true_religion 14y agoYou get a trademark for a specific context. If Apple's trademark was restricted to the context of computing (likely), then suing anyone who dared using an Appple in their logo was beyond the score of necessary protection.
- Someone 14y agoOne problem Apple computer had is that it's trademark was limited to computing. That caused problems when they branched out to other markets such as 'computers that can do MIDI' In particular, they had quite a few disagreements with Apple Records about doing audio. Even though more or less the only people who know Apple Corps/Records think "of the Beatles' records", they took action against Apple even as early as 1978 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer) I think those lawsuits may have affected company culture at Apple Computer, now Apple Inc.
- bane 14y agoWhich is exactly what they do http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8858333/Apple-takes-on-German-cafe-over-logo.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8858333/Apple-ta...