Apple Sued Over Use of iCloud Name

tekgoblin writes "iCloud Communications is suing Apple for the use of the iCloud name which they have the rights to. According to the lawsuit: 'The goods and services with which Apple intends to use the “iCloud” mark are identical to or closely related to the goods and services that have been offered by iCloud Communications under the iCloud Marks since its formation in 2005. However, due to the worldwide media coverage given to and generated by Apple’s announcement of its “iCloud” services and the ensuing saturation advertising campaign pursued by Apple, the media and the general public have quickly come to associate the mark “iCloud” with Apple, rather than iCloud Communications.'"

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The fools...

[namgge]

Do they not realise that Apple own the letter 'i'?

Other names Apple cannot use:

[Ghiora]

Rainbow Cloud (RCloud) Jessy Jackson will sue them. Singing Cloud (SCloud ) Music Cloud (MCloud . ) McLoud public schools will sue them FCloud (FriendCloud) GCloud No Cloud (NCloud) I hereby copyright all permutations on non used [a-zA-Z0-9]*Cloud.

iRaq and iRan are both in violation as well

[aapold]

That is what this whole gulf war was really about.

Re:iRaq and iRan are both in violation as well

[shikaisi]

You obviously haven't been to Cairo, Georgia (pronounced KAY-row) or Versailles, Kentucky (pronounced vur-SALES). I sometimes think that certain Americans feel the need to do this deliberately just in case you may have accidentally overlooked the fact that they are ignorant hillbillies.

Re:Identical or near-identical goods and services?

[w0mprat]

"Founded in 1985, iCloud Communications is an established business run by a seasoned management team."

I'm interested in these seasoned managers, is the purpose of the seasoning to mask bitterness and un-palatability?