Which, for me, also falls under “why the heck was this legal at any time?”
Comment on Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago
the_ocs@lemmy.world 11 months agoSomeone was able to trademark the word “Apple”, so that’s not so surprising
Treczoks@lemm.ee 11 months ago
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Because unless you want every company to be a random Amazon brand or initialism, that’s how it kinda has to be, and it works fine until one company gains so much market share the word starts being associated with only them.
Think of like, Target or Shell. Both are huge companies, but their fields are narrow. You might confuse a Target named restaurant or pharmacy to be the Target, but probably not much more. And if it doesn’t have anything to do with oil or gas, it’s almost certainly not that Shell.Apple is just so huge I wouldn’t be surprised if at this point people think of iPhones while buying lunch.
Xatolos@reddthat.com 11 months ago
[deleted]ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Apple Corps
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Twice.
And when Apple violated the agreement they made with Apple Music not to enter each other’s industries (Apple Records couldn’t sell tech and Apple Computers couldn’t sell music), they successfully argued in court that iTunes wasn’t selling music, but digital downloads…
ByGourou@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
How stupid must you be to agree that Apple music isn’t about selling music…
Xatolos@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Gray@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I always thought it was funny while studying for my Cisco certification that their operating system was also called IOS. I had no idea there was actual drama behind it!