Apple Sues Grocery Store

[Just Another Gamer]

Trademark infringment can be argued when there is the possibility a consumer will mistake which company the mark is related to ("confusing similarity"). If it were just the apple logo being used, that probably wouldn't happen. But now that there's two companies with identically pronounced names using the same object for their logo and since Apple is such a well known brand, they could present a case regardless of the other company's market area.

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

 

[Wizerzak]

Eve should sue Apple. She was the first to take a bite from one.

 

[tueidj]

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

The thing about trademarks is that it's not enough just to register them, you have to actually enforce them and prevent anyone else from using something similar no matter how petty it may seem. If you don't, the trademark becomes "diluted" and somebody in the future may try to use your leniency against you by claiming no previous attempt was made to defend the mark.

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

Another reason to loathe the rotten fruit.

 

[Dimensional]

From the very little i have read about Jobs, he wanted sue and shut down anyone doing anything similar to "his" products. He had a massive ego the size of our solar system's sun.

Apple is going out of their way to fallow through with his crazy desires now. Apple is far worse than Nintendo, Microsoft and Disney used to be with protecting their claims.

I get the feeling his ego is bigger than that.

Sadly, that is Apple. I used to like them. They did make some good products. Now they are making products that are similar to others and claiming those others stole from them. And they are getting away with it because of these damn lax patent offices. All they see is money. You bury them in enough money, and they'll give you the patent to life itself. Not joking. The world is run off of greed and power. The more money and power you have, the more you can do whatever you want, including steal from others who did all the hard work. Just file a patent, and suddenly you can take from someone else all their work that falls under that patent, and all you have to do is pay for the patent. You pay like $100 for the patent, and the person who worked on that project suddenly is out $1M.

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

The thing about trademarks is that it's not enough just to register them, you have to actually enforce them and prevent anyone else from using something similar no matter how petty it may seem. If you don't, the trademark becomes "diluted" and somebody in the future may try to use your leniency against you by claiming no previous attempt was made to defend the mark.

The weird thing is I see almost no resemblence between Apple Inc and this grocery store. Yes, they should enforce their trademark, but they are overreaching. I see no way a person can confuse this store with a globally recognized corporation like Apple Inc.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

So, when a company sues another company because their Logo is quite similar, it's bullying?

Related: http://en.wikipedia....s._MikeRoweSoft

And I thought this had something to do with Dirty Jobs. Dammit.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Just when you thought appl$ couldn't get any more pathetic they pull this SHIT

 

[chris888222]

Is this news even real? Or is it crap like the Samsung and the 20 trucks of dimes?

 

[gamefan5]

Is this news even real? Or is it crap like the Samsung and the 20 trucks of dimes?

It actually is. This is a whole new level of retardedness.

 

[The Catboy]

That's it! Apple has officially given me a headache!
This is a joke right?

 

[gamefan5]

That's it! Apple has officially given me a headache!
This is a joke right?

It's not. That the worst thing.
Next there going to sue everyone that even SAYS the word 'apple'. Or even GBAtemp for using a similar shade of grey in the outline of their logo and letters.

Srsly, this is going way too far.
The logo is completely round and colored while Apple's logo isn't on both cases.
This is completely retarded beyond relief.
No, not even the word 'retarded' can describe the amount of stupidity Apple is emitting.

 

[The Catboy]

That's it! Apple has officially given me a headache!
This is a joke right?

It's not. That the worst thing.
Next there going to sue everyone that even SAYS the word 'apple'. Or even GBAtemp for using a similar shade of grey in the outline of their logo and letters.

Srsly, this is going way too far.
The logo is completely round and colored while Apple's logo isn't on both cases.
This is completely retarded beyond relief.
No, not even the word 'retarded' can describe the amount of stupidity Apple is emitting.

They got the bloodlust! Now that they started suing, they're suing everyone!
Seriously, this has officially gone too far.

 

[Dimensional]

That's it! Apple has officially given me a headache!
This is a joke right?

It's not. That the worst thing.
Next there going to sue everyone that even SAYS the word 'apple'. Or even GBAtemp for using a similar shade of grey in the outline of their logo and letters.

Srsly, this is going way too far.
The logo is completely round and colored while Apple's logo isn't on both cases.
This is completely retarded beyond relief.
No, not even the word 'retarded' can describe the amount of stupidity Apple is emitting.

I never once thought it would be possible to put 'Retard' and Apple in the same sentence, and have them talk about the same thing.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

The thing about trademarks is that it's not enough just to register them, you have to actually enforce them and prevent anyone else from using something similar no matter how petty it may seem. If you don't, the trademark becomes "diluted" and somebody in the future may try to use your leniency against you by claiming no previous attempt was made to defend the mark.

So suing a company that is a GROCERY store to enforce their bullying and stupidity is a good thing. Okay whats next suing people who buys anything that isn't made by them? or how about people that say they're shit and they bully everyone they like? or anyone who stands up to them and say they stole everything they "innovated"?

There is a limit to stupidity but apple thought differently enough to become stupidity itself.

 

[Dimensional]

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

The thing about trademarks is that it's not enough just to register them, you have to actually enforce them and prevent anyone else from using something similar no matter how petty it may seem. If you don't, the trademark becomes "diluted" and somebody in the future may try to use your leniency against you by claiming no previous attempt was made to defend the mark.

So suing a company that is a GROCERY store to enforce their bullying and stupidity is a good thing. Okay whats next suing people who buys anything that isn't made by them? or how about people that say they're shit and they bully everyone they like? or anyone who stands up to them and say they stole everything they "innovated"?

There is a limit to stupidity but apple thought differently enough to become stupidity itself.

Apple. Innovating Stupidity. They need to rethink their business practices. Not the products. Those are good. It's the way they deal with the public and other companies.

 

[Veho]

Or even GBAtemp for using a similar shade of grey in the outline of their logo and letters.

T-com has a copyright on pink fuchsia it's pink, dammit; their "unique" shade of pink. Spent gajillions of moneyz to develop their new visual image (i.e., pink), and then sued everyone and anyone with pink logos, pink backgrounds and pink details. So, it's not unheard of.

 

[Izen]

No one's mentioned that the likely reason Apple is doing this is solely to set precedent in any later court battle that they have actively defeneded their logo in the past. Apple might not even want to actally win this case, and probably isn't sending the bulk of their legal team, either. They just want the records to show that in the past they have defended their namesake, so that if anyone in the future really does try to copy it, they have ground to stand on when they say "It's ours, and we'll defend it."

Granted, this is just too far. Suing a grocery store is just senseless. Apple has already set plenty of past precedent showing that they defend their IP. In fact, I don't even think this is the first time they've gotten themselves into legal combat with food producers. This hurts Apples image far more than helps them in later court cases. It leads me to believe that in the future, judges will be hearing things like:
"Your honor, the defendant clearly uses a logo with rounded sides. If you can't see what's wrong with that, then there's nothing else I can say. I rest my case."

 

[Hyro-Sama]

I guess if the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree you get subpoenaed.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

By that logic apple.inc should sue the fruit since it existed first and people can confuse it with the company. There are limits to stupidity but frankly the people at apple are either too stupid and assume anything that looks and sounds almost like them is stealing from them or they enjoy bullying anyone because its fun to them. Its either that or they're trying to take over the world and make everyone join their stupid icults.

The thing about trademarks is that it's not enough just to register them, you have to actually enforce them and prevent anyone else from using something similar no matter how petty it may seem. If you don't, the trademark becomes "diluted" and somebody in the future may try to use your leniency against you by claiming no previous attempt was made to defend the mark.

So suing a company that is a GROCERY store to enforce their bullying and stupidity is a good thing. Okay whats next suing people who buys anything that isn't made by them? or how about people that say they're shit and they bully everyone they like? or anyone who stands up to them and say they stole everything they "innovated"?

There is a limit to stupidity but apple thought differently enough to become stupidity itself.

Apple. Innovating Stupidity. They need to rethink their business practices. Not the products. Those are good. It's the way they deal with the public and other companies.

Honestly they need to rethink ALOT of things not just their horrible business practices.

 

[MakiManPR]

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