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 withersailor   ( @withersailor@aussie.zone )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle

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Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle

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 withersailor   ( @withersailor@aussie.zone )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles.
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    BREAKING: Apple is filing a legal action on the folk lore of Johnny Appleseed, requesting changes to the tale. Johnny’s name will be changed to Timmy Apple, a reference to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. It also states that instead of planting apple trees, Timmy is distributing iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks; and rather than them being free, Apple will be charging recipients market price for each item.

    -Apple, probably.

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    You can’t trade mark plant ovaries surely

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      As it says, several countries already gave in

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