Apple Trademarks Lowercase "i"

[nintendofreak]

iKnow this is a bit old, (but never saw it posted) but does this change your views in anyway on Apple? Ive seen companies like Smart Parts ( a paintball company) trademarked the word "pwned" (not 100% sure thats exactly how they spelled it, but you get the idea) after using it to describe a paintball marker that "pwned the competition" Does this give Apple a bad image as a money and power hungry company?

Thoughts please

 

[lagman]

iSee this as an April´s Fools joke!

 

[Veho]

No, no, this actually happened. Some time ago. It failed, of course.


So long ago, in fact, it might have been April Fools' of 2004. Can't say. All iKnow is that iRead it somewhere.

(Couldn't help m-iSelf)

 

[lagman]

Om iGod, those guys are crazy.

 

[mthrnite]

"So, Apple.. you've decided to trademark the letter "i"...

 

[Veho]

"So, Apple.. you've decided to trademark the letter "i"...

"You are the Apple of my i"

 

[TheStump]

iLOL'd

 

[gatorade]

lol, i guess i cant refer to myself in lowercase now huh

 

[Veho]

lol, i guess i cant refer to myself in lowercase now huh

You owe Apple $2 for that sentence.

 

[Deleted User]

Can't believe they actually did that.

But, in my opinion, companies do weird stuff like this all the time. The german Telekom, for instance, trademarked 'magenta' as a colour for ads (actually it's a bit more complicated, but that's not the point).

src: heise.de - Telekom ./. MobilCom

 

[Knab]

i think ill go trademark the lower letters "a" "p" "p" "l" "e"