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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On 7/9/2011 1:31 PM, RichA wrote:
On Jul 8, 11:16 am, wrote: On 2011-07-08 07:21:14 -0700, said: What will this company do next, ........ All they are doing is conducting business, and trying to protect names used within their operations, which others have grabbed onto following their lead. Your anti-Apple rant continues to be irrational. -- Regards, Savageduck Changing subject lines as I've said before, is the last refuge of the internet scoundrel. Your response has nothing to do with the accuracy of his comment. -- Peter |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:39:28 -0700, nospam
wrote: In article , tony cooper wrote: That's my thinking, too. If so, they have nothing in comparison the Apple case. The term "App" has been used by other companies, so the horse was out of the barn when Apple tried to put a lock on the barn door. wrong horse. the issue is not over the term 'app', but rather for 'apps store'. Wrong, Apple wanted to protect "app store" and argued that "Appstore" was too close. do you just like to argue? that's exactly what i said. the issue is about 'apps store' and not 'apps', so not wrong at all. No, you wrote "apps store" and I corrected it to "app store". Remember, *you* are the one who wants names to be right and corrected me when I wrote "Mac" instead of "Apple". Apple does not refer to their "apps store": http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/ Apple's "app store" is like "grocery store", and not a famous, renowned, or prominent term. That was the judge's opinion, anyway. then what about 'the container store' ? http://www.containerstore.com/welcome.htm and what about these? staples windows office general motors american airlines What about them? Apple was trying to retroactively protect a term and deny another company the use of a similar term. The names you have listed have already been protected by their owners, and they are not - as far as I know - trying to enjoin anyone from using a similar name. American Airlines, Inc. has copyright protection on a number of terms. http://www.aa.com/i18n/footer/copyright.jsp While many of them include common words like "American AAdvantage Mileage Funds©", a competitor would be most probably be enjoined from using "American's Advantage Mileage Funds" because of the existing protection and the similarity of the two. The Container Store® Inc. has registered the trademark of the logo shown on the page you have linked to, and registered the name "The Container Store". They have protected themselves. Look at an Apple page and you will not see a © or ® after the term "app store". Look at http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html and you see that Apple does not list "app store". They use the term generically like "grocery store". Had Apple registered a trademark logo using the term or copyrighted the term when they started using it, Amazon would have been SOL. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 10:40:48 -0400, "Neil Harrington"
wrote: nospam wrote: In article , tony cooper wrote: That's my thinking, too. If so, they have nothing in comparison the Apple case. The term "App" has been used by other companies, so the horse was out of the barn when Apple tried to put a lock on the barn door. wrong horse. the issue is not over the term 'app', but rather for 'apps store'. But what would an apps store be, other than a store that sells apps? Not being an Apple user *or* being aware of Amazon's use of the term before reading these posts, that's all I would take the term to mean if I had seen it. Nothing wrong about Apple's attempt, though. It was just a long shot that didn't work. since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:39:33 -0700, nospam
wrote: In article , Neil Harrington wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? yes. You just make up your answers? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
In article , tony cooper
wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? yes. You just make up your answers? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html yes it is. check again. here, i'll help you: it's under service mark, towards the bottom |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
In article , tony cooper
wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html wrong. it's listed as a service mark. |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
In article , tony cooper
wrote: do you just like to argue? that's exactly what i said. the issue is about 'apps store' and not 'apps', so not wrong at all. No, you wrote "apps store" and I corrected it to "app store". ok, but the point remains, the issue is not 'app' but 'app store', which was your original (and wrong) argument. Remember, *you* are the one who wants names to be right and corrected me when I wrote "Mac" instead of "Apple". Apple does not refer to their "apps store": http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/ there's quite a bit of difference in saying 'mac' instead of 'apple' (two entirely different words), versus adding or omitting the letter 's', which happens to begin the very next word in the term. Apple's "app store" is like "grocery store", and not a famous, renowned, or prominent term. That was the judge's opinion, anyway. then what about 'the container store' ? http://www.containerstore.com/welcome.htm and what about these? staples windows office general motors american airlines What about them? Apple was trying to retroactively protect a term and deny another company the use of a similar term. The names you have listed have already been protected by their owners, and they are not - as far as I know - trying to enjoin anyone from using a similar name. apple filed for a mark in 2008 and it was awarded in 2010. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...on-over-app-st ore-trademark.ars Apple filed for a trademark on the term App Store in 2008, and after an initial rejection and an appeal by Apple, it was approved in early 2010. Microsoft filed an objection in July 2010 on the grounds that the term was too generic, and later asked the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to issue a summary judgment denying Apple's trademark application. Apple fired back, noting that App Store is no more generic a term for a mobile app store than Windows is for a WIMP-based operating system. Microsoft then complained to the Appeal Board that Apple's response was set in too small a typeface, requesting the court force Apple to resubmit its response to Microsoft's objection. That dispute is still ongoing. microsoft knows they have weak argument if their response is to criticize the font size. American Airlines, Inc. has copyright protection on a number of terms. http://www.aa.com/i18n/footer/copyright.jsp While many of them include common words like "American AAdvantage Mileage Funds©", a competitor would be most probably be enjoined from using "American's Advantage Mileage Funds" because of the existing protection and the similarity of the two. southwest airlines is an american airline, particularly since it does not have any international routes. american airlines flies overseas, so they're really not american airlines, they're international airlines. The Container Store® Inc. has registered the trademark of the logo shown on the page you have linked to, and registered the name "The Container Store". They have protected themselves. as did apple. Look at an Apple page and you will not see a © or ® after the term "app store". Look at http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html and you see that Apple does not list "app store". They use the term generically like "grocery store". check again. they list it. Had Apple registered a trademark logo using the term or copyrighted the term when they started using it, Amazon would have been SOL. they did. and as i said, the trial is next year. although this is a setback, it isn't the final word. |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On 2011-07-09 15:54 , nospam wrote:
In , tony cooper wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? yes. You just make up your answers? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html yes it is. check again. here, i'll help you: it's under service mark, towards the bottom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_mark_symbol indicates "some legal standing" _preceding_ completed registration that is in process. If the registration were approved they would more likely use the ® symbol. (If that didn't come out it was the (R) symbol.) -- gmail originated posts filtered due to spam. |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:54:21 -0700, nospam
wrote: In article , tony cooper wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? yes. You just make up your answers? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html yes it is. check again. here, i'll help you: it's under service mark, towards the bottom No, that's for "Mac App Store". You can't separate a phrase and say every word in the phrase is protected. That would allow Apple sole use of the word "store". The protection is for the full phrase in advertising a service such as a store that sells apps for Macs. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:54:24 -0700, nospam
wrote: In article , tony cooper wrote: since apple has a trademark on it, they are *required* to defend it, Do they actually own the trademark? Not according to their own list of trademarks held: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html wrong. it's listed as a service mark. Nope. A different term is service marked. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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