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

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    rob53 said:
    VictorMortimer 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.
    Maybe but Apple has been providing “cinema” type services for quite some time. Their logo could be seen as being too close to Apple’s logo. Apple is required to protect its patented hardware and trademarks so even if they lose they’ve done what’s necessary for its stock holders. 

    When apple cinemas was a single outlet it wasn’t worth the effort but once it hit SF, Apple needs to challenge it. 
    If hitting SF means trouble for Apple Cinemas, would hitting the market where Apple Cinemas operates mean trouble for Apple? Genuinely asking; can nobody in the U.S. now use the word Apple for any sort of business? Apple Fruit Mart/ Apple Cosmetics/ Apple Technologies opening in SF, would that ruffle Apple? Back to the question, can nobody in the U.S. use the word Apple for their business? If that is the case, then it is simply laughable.
    elijahgronn

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

    phoenix1386phoenix1386
    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.

    Shouldn't have made sensible comments on a Mac forum, Mortimer. They get queasy.

    At this rate, it is only a matter of time when Apple necessitates that nobody has stores called "xyz Apples" or "xyz Apple Store" and sell, gulp, apples. Or, dare we say, apple juice.

    You have it right; it is mere technicality wherein a theater business is calling itself Apple Cinemas. Was it only Jobs' prerogative to name a company after fruit and now nobody else can? A company making pillows could well name itself Micro Soft Pillows (not Microsoft), and they would have a reasoning to offer in court - the pillows might be made of microfiber and be soft. 

    As you said, the solution was that common English words should NOT be allowed to be trademarked in the first place.
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  • Bigfoot, Orca, and a Trombone, are among new emoji coming to iOS 26

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    apple4thewin said:
    Wait, a rockslide is actually a fight cloud?
    Welcome to the next iteration of reality distortion field. 
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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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    What triggered this eulogistic writeup? 
    williamlondon

  • Trump may have added 25% iPhone tariff specifically to punish Tim Cook

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    Greatest country in the history of the planet.
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