Feeling Threatened By Online Grocery Store, Apple Challenges Polish Site A.pl
from the comparing-apples-to-a.pl's dept
Apple is very protective of its Apple name and logo trademarks. We have noted in the past that it seems to think that no company can use a logo that even remotely resembles an apple. So it really should be no surprise to learn that Apple is going on the offensive, double time, in order to stop a Polish online grocery store from receiving a trademark for A.pl."Apple brand is widely recognised and the company says that A.pl, by using the name that sounds similar, is using Apple's reputation," patent office spokesman Adam Taukert said.There also seems to be a dispute over a logo trademark sought by A.pl for its site Fresh24.pl. You can see the logo in question below.
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Lets get the rumors started early
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i don't think so, i have, um, extensive experience with the gentle herb, and i've never sued anyone...
if anything, its the coke that is infusing the masters of the universe with invulnerable and entitled feelings... plus, when you are coked up, don't you have to do *something*, *anything* ? ? ?
not like it makes you more laid back...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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(Remember that one?)
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It only gets worse
Apple has patented a piece of technology which would allow government and police to block transmission of information, including video and photographs, from any public gathering or venue they deem �sensitive�, and �protected from externalities.�
�In other words, these powers will have control over what can and cannot be documented on wireless devices during any public event.
http://rt.com/news/apple-patent-transmission-block-408/
Not a good week for sanity.
Nigel
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No huh?
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Get fucked.
Love, everyone
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It was Apple.
They've declared war on nature!
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u havnt heard of ifood yet?
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Note left by Steve Jobs...
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Anyway,
Srsly, that's how it works. In Zippy Universe.
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Apple vs A.PL
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grocery
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buy grocery online
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