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  • Apple Cinemas may come to regret their name as lawyers step in

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    Laroche1982 said:
    Anyone with the least bit of common sense would know that Apple does not own any brick-and-mortar movie chains. Yes, they do produce their media.
    maybe, but when I go to an Apple Cinema, I fully expect to see a huge Apple Cinema Display.

    All joking aside, millions of people with "common sense" don't keep track of even basic tech news as you might. It's just not their point of focus. So when they hear "Apple Cinemas", they are going to naturally assume it's an Apple branded cinema, especially if they are even just casually aware of Apple producing movies. 

    That's what the issue is, and why trademark law exists.
    ronn

  • Apple Cinemas may come to regret their name as lawyers step in

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    tiredskills said:
    lotones said:
    Hopefully 2010 is far enough away that they'll be able to use the elapsed time to demonstrate that the trademark is now generic.

    Lots of places and things are named apple, including a very common and popular fruit.  This is why common English words should NOT be trademarkable in the first place.  Apple should have stuck with Apple Computer if they wanted something trademarkable.
    Oh, so anyone should be able to open a restaurant and call it "Starbucks"? Or hell... an electronics store, and call it "Microsoft"? yeah... no.
    What common meaning do Starbucks and Microsoft have where you are?
    The fact that word "apple" has a common meaning is irrelevant. When you trademark that word for your business name, you have the right to defend your business identity, within reasonable parameters. 
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  • All hands on deck: Tim Cook, Craig Federighi address Apple employees on AI, Siri

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    I was up all night playing games on my iPad mini and only got 3 hours sleep. And now I feel like crap.

    It's all Apple's fault for making the battery so big. And Apple Intelligence should have told me to go to bed.

    Apple is doomed... again. And Tim Cook should be fired... then rehired, and fired again.

    /am I doing this right?
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  • Apple Cinemas may come to regret their name as lawyers step in

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    Hopefully 2010 is far enough away that they'll be able to use the elapsed time to demonstrate that the trademark is now generic.

    Lots of places and things are named apple, including a very common and popular fruit.  This is why common English words should NOT be trademarkable in the first place.  Apple should have stuck with Apple Computer if they wanted something trademarkable.
    Oh, so anyone should be able to open a restaurant and call it "Starbucks"? Or hell... an electronics store, and call it "Microsoft"? yeah... no.

    The Beatles' record label Apple Corp initially took issue with Apple Computers, until Apple agreed not to get into the music business, which it ended up doing anyway 20+ years later. At that point they sat down and renegotiated.

    "Apple Cinemas" had to know what they were doing. All they had to do is name their company literally anything other than the same as the most popular company on the planet. But they went ahead and did it anyway, and are refusing to even negotiate with Apple. Either they are extremely naive in business, or intentionally malicious trademark infringers. Either way they deserve to be sued into the ground. 
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  • Iconic 'Trash Can' Mac Pro is now on Apple's vintage products list

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    The design was too advanced for Intel chips and regular GPUs. Imagine a cylindrical Mac with an M series chip. Maybe they should release an "Anniversary Edition" with an M4 Max or M5 Pro or Max, or even an M series Ultra chip.
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