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Apple objects to app's pear logo trademark application
This is the real story, Trademark law is notoriously strange and causes behaviour like this quite regularly. (Disney is often mentioned in stories like this)richs said:Trademark law requires you actively pursue any possible infringement or lose that right in a future infringement case if you've "demonstrated indifference" in the past. They're not being a bully.
The problem is there is too much money at stake in Trademark and Patent law to achieve any kind of reasonable reform in Congress, not to mention attempts to make international law in this area.
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Epic Games wanted a special deal for 'Fortnite' on the App Store
When you leave an explicit paper trail about something, it is never a good idea to go into court pretending it doesn’t exist...
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YouTube restricts iOS 14 picture-in-picture feature to Premium subscribers, 4K not availab...
I know that it is hard to accept, but YouTube’s product is very bad and people should stop using it.
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Apple retail, HR chief pushes back against union drives at Apple Stores
I love Apple but this is classic double talk that doesn’t mean anything. Giving workers a say in their working environment will make Apple more slow in dealing with workers concerns? The argument makes no sense.If an employer is proud of the promises they make to employees, why not put it in writing?
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Amazon stops Flex drivers gaming system by hanging iPhones from trees
Ummm...
the story here is that Amazon treats its workers so terribly they are forced to go to great extremes just to feed their families.
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Tim Cook, Draymond Green face off in Apple Watch challenge
Someday a future historian will have trouble naming this chapter “Apple Watch era” or “Tim Cook era.”The Apple Watch really has been the signature product of Tim’s tenure so far. I was struck by how personal his endorsement of the product was during the recent presentation.
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Uber, Lyft granted reprieve just hours before shutdown in California
The so-called “gig economy” is a system that transfers wealth from the poor to the rich. California’s law might not be perfect but if the state loses this case everyone who has to work for living will be eventually harmed.
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Netflix to launch ad-supported tier when it cracks down on password sharing
The Ad-free experience has been core to Netflix from the beginning. It seems a strange business strategy to become more like Hulu exactly at the moment customers are trying to differentiate between streaming options. Ad agencies are putting out rainbows of huge payouts but this is a large risk. It seems to me another example of activist investors potentially ruining businesses. -
EU law will force Apple to blow open its entire hardware and software stack
It is very unlikely Apple will leave the EU, and very unlikely the US will actually adopt such far reaching regulation.Apple could offer an iPhone without iOS and let people install android on it and wash their hands of the consequences for users. Or offer a “basic” version of the operating system with out many of the standout features apple fans would want. They could even lower the quality of the aesthetics of the basic OS. Apple has a lot of customers because of its differentiation against alternatives. The company has millions of reasons why to continue down its preferred path. This regulation is unlikely to stop this.
