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If you have interest in a folding iPhone, here's how to tell Apple
If early car makers had asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.
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Apple Cinemas may come to regret their name as lawyers step in
Actually it matters a fair amount, and the reasonable parameter would be that Apple Inc were not in the cinema business in 2013.lotones said:
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.tiredskills said:
What common meaning do Starbucks and Microsoft have where you are?lotones 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.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.
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Apple Cinemas may come to regret their name as lawyers step in
What common meaning do Starbucks and Microsoft have where you are?lotones 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.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.
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Epic Games is annoyed UK regulator isn't working harder to enable third-party app stores
A win for everyone then.AppleInsider said:Epic Games has complained that the UK competition regulator has decided against forcing Apple to allow alternatives to the App Store to exist in the country, claiming that it may prevent 'Fortnite' for iOS from being re-released there.
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New Qi2 25W standard means quicker, easier wireless charging
Why can't it be Qi3?
