Showing posts with label retarded trademark lawsuits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retarded trademark lawsuits. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Apple sues Woolworth's for ripping off their ripped-off logo.


This story was so much cooler when I thought the Woolworth's in question was the now-defunct F.W. Woolworth 5-and-dime company (Woolworth's makes a comeback, only to be quashed by Apple), but it turns out the Apple is suing an Australian supermarket with the same name.

I'm an Apple fan, but I can't deny that the Mac-maker's basis for the suit -- that "consumers may not be able to differentiate between the two brands" -- seems silly:
"The supermarket points out that it has absolutely no plans to launch a phone that doesn’t work properly and that its logo is clearly a stylized letter W rather than a rip-off of the Beatles Apple Corps logo – sorry, iPhone maker’s logo."