Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name

Posted by timothy on Friday March 12, 2010 @05:50PM from the but-maybe-only-at-the-end dept.

CuteSteveJobs writes "Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter 'i' for product naming. IP Australia, the government body that oversees trademark applications, rejected Apple's complaint against a company selling 'DOPi' laptop bags. Last year Australian computer company Macpro Computers claimed that after 26 years of flying its own Macpro brand that Apple was 'trying to burn us out' with legal fees. This was after Apple released its own Macpro line 3½ years ago. Apple lost that complaint, but is appealing. Last year Apple went after supermarket Woolworths complaining their new logo which featured a 'W' fashioned into the shape of an apple. (Woolworths sells real apples.)"

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iFirst by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-12 17:53 · Score: 5, Funny

This post has been taken to court by Apple due to violations regarding the iFirst.
1. Re:iFirst by Jazz-Masta · 2010-03-12 18:48 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If Apple were a person he would be a total douche
  He'd also be wearing a turtleneck, have a starbucks double half-calf-frappa-moccha-chino, goatee, and thick black-rimmed glasses.
  Oh yeah, and a liberal arts degree.
Trying to win trademark fights? by Mitchell314 · 2010-03-12 18:13 · Score: 5, Funny

There's an app for that.

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I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
The world. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-12 18:46 · Score: 5, Funny

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