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Apple Doesn't Appreciate Toilet Humor

Posted by samzenpus on from the evacuate-different dept.

beaver1024 writes "I doubt if Apple lawyers even contemplated the irony as they slapped a small Australian company producing camping equipment with a lawsuit for trademark violations. Sea to Summit makes a product that assists in the disposal of human excrement, calling it iPood. Apple thinks that 'For obvious reasons, Apple's reputation for clean design and high-tech electronics will suffer should it be associated with latrines and the like through Sea to Summit's use of iPood.' If only Sea to Summit had the resources to fight this in court. Alas, we are witnessing yet another sign of the corrupted nature of IP laws in Australia and internationally."

2 of 104 comments (clear)

  1. iLawyers by Vetruvet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did the iLawyers iPoo their iPants when they saw this iApp supposedly violating their iTrademark?

  2. Re:bullPoo by Jayws · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not saying that they would be confused, it's an image thing. It could establish a link in a person's mind between Apple and waste removal. That is not a desirable connection for Apple, but it is desirable for the people making the iPood.