Too much money, too much greed, wasting everyone’s time. Some of the examples are laughable.
Time for an initiative…
I wonder if these are not just meant to be bargaining chips with the government. Like give us this tax exemption for patent boxes and we’ll let go the silly IP ownership claim over all images of a fruit.
We will never forget what Amer8cans did with Gruyère.
At some point we gotta consider this abuse and stop these companies and their stupid as shit obsession with trademark.
What is that?
I hope the courts will tell Apple to f*ck off.
For frivolous lawsuits like these, there should be a fine of 5% of the yearly global income.
It remembers me of that time when Apple Inc. decided to steal the SBB clock design for their Clock app…
American coorperations being the scourge of the earth, more news at 10…
This story is mostly bullshit. Or imprecise at best.
First off, trademarks cannot be granted in the abstract in Switzerland, meaning they can only be granted in connection with clearly defined goods or services. Apple is not seeking the trademark in connection with fruit (and even if they did, it would never be granted). Here’s the filing: https://www3.wipo.int/madrid/monitor/en/showData.jsp?ID=ROM.1028240
Secondly, Switzerland’s apple growers, who sell fruit, are not affected by Apple seeking a trademark for “Musical sound recordings”.
Thirdly, the trademark has been denied by the authorities. It is very unlikely that it will be granted in court.
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Too much money, too much greed, wasting everyone’s time. Some of the examples are laughable.
Time for an initiative…
I wonder if these are not just meant to be bargaining chips with the government. Like give us this tax exemption for patent boxes and we’ll let go the silly IP ownership claim over all images of a fruit.
We will never forget what Amer8cans did with Gruyère.
At some point we gotta consider this abuse and stop these companies and their stupid as shit obsession with trademark.
What is that?
I hope the courts will tell Apple to f*ck off.
For frivolous lawsuits like these, there should be a fine of 5% of the yearly global income.
It remembers me of that time when Apple Inc. decided to steal the SBB clock design for their Clock app…
American coorperations being the scourge of the earth, more news at 10…
This story is mostly bullshit. Or imprecise at best.
First off, trademarks cannot be granted in the abstract in Switzerland, meaning they can only be granted in connection with clearly defined goods or services. Apple is not seeking the trademark in connection with fruit (and even if they did, it would never be granted). Here’s the filing: https://www3.wipo.int/madrid/monitor/en/showData.jsp?ID=ROM.1028240
Secondly, Switzerland’s apple growers, who sell fruit, are not affected by Apple seeking a trademark for “Musical sound recordings”.
Thirdly, the trademark has been denied by the authorities. It is very unlikely that it will be granted in court.