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

    lotoneslotones
    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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  • Tim Cook isn't going to get fired, and Steve Jobs isn't rolling over in his grave

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    I loved Steve, and I'm an unapologetic Tim Cook fan. People who criticize TC are ignoring how absolutely worse things could have gone AS (After Steve). Just look around at all the embarrassing CEO bros and their companies that have either already crashed and burned, or those who are so damn jealous that they are willing to burn billions copying and/or suing Apple like spoiled children. They all want to be in the position Apple is in, and Tim Cook is how Apple got there.

    Picking Tim was the single best decision Steve ever made. That's what "genius" looks like.
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  • Passthrough audio is finally on the way to Apple TV, iPhone, and more

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    If I can stream hi-res audio from Apple Music or from my Mac I'll be very happy. At the moment I have to stream hi-res audio from my Mac through my disc player's inferior interface. Sounds great, but it's clunky. But it was made in 2016, so it's about time Apple TV caught up.

    And it would be nice to consolidate all my hi-res music into the Music app and stream it from there.
    williamlondon

  • What Apple TV hardware will run the new tvOS 26

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    It's been a few weeks since I begged for hi-res audio support via Apple TV, both through Apple Music and streamed from my Mac, so here goes:

    please Apple? Pleeeeaase?
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