[Lgpolicy] Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

Wired

Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle

Over the past few years, Apple has pursued a meal-prepping app with a pear
logo, a singer-songwriter named Frankie Pineapple, a German cycling route,
a pair of stationery makers, and a school district, among others. The
company fought a decades-long battle with the Beatles’ music label, Apple
Corps, which was finally resolved in 2007.

An investigation in 2022 by the Tech Transparency Project, a nonprofit that
researches Big Tech, found that between 2019 and 2021, Apple filed more
trademark oppositions—attempts to enforce its IP over other companies—than
Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and Google combined. Those companies also have
trademarked common terms such as “Windows” or “Prime.”

Full story:
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vs-apples-trademark-battle/
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