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Apple Takes Action Over Australian Logos
sams67 writes "Australian supermarket Woolworth is on the receiving end of an action from Apple over Woolworth's new logo. The green, highly stylized 'W' logo could at best be described as 'apple-like.' As outlined in the article, Apple is taking similar action in Australia against music festival promoter, Poison Apple, and pay TV provider Foxtel, over their fruit-related logos."
Apple should modify its logo to make it more unique. May I suggest splitting it into 6 horizontal stripes each with a different rainbow color.
That new Woolworth's logo looks to me like a peeled apple skin, which is a part of the apple you throw away to avoid wax, pesticides, filth, etc.
Coincidences? Maybe not.
We all know that Australians throw prawns on the BBQ and drink Beer. We have never heard any Australian on any programme ever refer to fruit.
Therefore Apple's case is completely valid as no Australian knew what an Apple was before Apple showed them the picture, in fact it wasn't until the mid-90s that Australians knew that there was a fruit called the Apple rather than it just being about a computer.
Quite clearly therefore Apple owns the right to every apple-esque or indeed fresh fruit like Logo that is possible to be created.
In separate developments they also own the concept of 3D in Germany.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Doesn't God have prior art?
He did, but he didn't show up for his court date.
looks absolutely nothing like the Apple Computer logo
Kinda... Think of when you try to find shapes in the clouds, it's almost the same. The difference this time is that you've got a cold sweat covered Steeve Jobs believing the logo is it's his own and casting black magic on everyone around to project the famous reality distorsion field. Then, actually, throught the field the logos look exactly just the same.
What? It looks just like the Apple logo! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOJOBS!!
You just got troll'd!
A hypocracy is what you get when you have a country/world ruled by hypocrites.
MATH FIGHT!!!
Why do you think it took so long for the Beatles to be on iTunes?
They had some lyrics that could be interpreted to be about fruit?
In Australia when plaintiff makes a false claim against another person they are legally permitted to sue the plaintiff under our woeful deformation laws.
I really really hope you mean defamation otherwise as an Australian let me say I'm very very scared right now.
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... but they'll win on a-peel ...
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I look at the Woolworth's logo and see an apple. I do not see an Apple apple.
It may be time-of-the-year related, but personally, I see a green pumpkin.
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