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Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name

Posted by timothy on 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.)"

2 of 177 comments (clear)

  1. A lesson for all .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's no 'i' in dickheads ............ oh wait

  2. Re:Say what you want about Microsoft... by You'reJustSlashFlock · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple was not founded by the Borg King, thus it cannot be Evil. And by no measure is Apple as large as Microsoft (including the size of the founders' charity foundation).