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Apple, New York City In Legal Dispute Over Logo

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-our-wacky-trademark-system dept.

Lemmy Caution writes "Apple, Inc. has filed a suit to prevent New York City's non-profit 'GreeNYC' initiative from using a logo that incorporates an apple in its design. Commentators have noted the substantial differences between the two designs, not to mention the irony of this sort of infringement claim. The city of New York has filed to have the claim rejected, and even possibly the cancellation of Apple's logo in light of the long history of the nickname 'The Big Apple' to describe the city."

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  1. Re:I REALLY hope Apple wins... by k2enemy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you may have misunderstood the parent. Of course Apple's claim is ridiculous, but with the current state of intellectual property law, Apple has a possibility of winning. This by itself would be BAD, but it may prompt politicians to do something about reforming IP law.

  2. Re:I REALLY hope Apple wins... by omega_dk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, that might be true... if there were a lawsuit involved at all.

    Hey /.! How about posting about 'filing suit' when it actually happens, and not when someone lacks basic reading comprehension? Not even in TFA does it mention a legal dispute; it says it filed a challenge to NYC's trademark application.

    I believe this article needs to be tagged 'adaylateandadollarshort'

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