Sorry but you are talking rubbish
Nope, you did not defend your Trademark once, and this results in everybody else who could use it in the future without the risk of being successfully sued by you because you created a Case of precedent regarding your special Trademark.
Sorry, but this is the way this business is internationally working, no matter if you like that, or notā¦!
OK so you know better than me, even though you have no idea of the actual specifics of MY case, situation or any other factors.
By your reckoning trademarks would only be the preserve of those with unlimited pockets. For example 10 possible infringements a year would break any small company let alone a sole trader. On this basis a trademark is worthless unless the funds are there to defend it, and defend it and defend it.
Letās just leave it there as I am sure otherwise you will want the last word.
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Yes, that is the business you are going into, if you own a Trademark!
If you do not want to go this way, you could already save the money to get the Trademarkā¦!
Owning a Trademark, specially one that is good enough to be copied, or bad enough to have too many risks of infringements with other Trademarks, or unprotected Logos (and so on).
This is the one reason, why attorneys specialized in that field are among the best paid attorneys.
You normally spent that money to them (or specialist companies) timely before you apply for a Trademark (or something similar), to make sure, that it is not becoming a very expensive part of your future live!
And I know your case from what you wrote about it here in the Thread, and I do not need to know more, because this is becoming a very simple business, if someone reacts like you do!
Ohh, BTW:
Flagging a content, you do not like, is not an approbate way of discussion, but one of the reasons this community is loosing active membersā¦
First of all, Apple is, beside other rights, trying to secure the Trademark of the name, not only the logo, in several countries, and was already successful in a lot of them with that.
Second, I am sure, that Apple also runs some kind of Restaurant or Cantina within the complex in Cupertino, so I wouldnāt wonder, if Apple also possesses Trademarks that are related to the Food industry itself.
Nope, I am into this business since almost 50years!
There is nothing that is shocking me anymore, and I know pretty much, what I am writing about!
I am not trademark an idea, but the Name and Logo of the Business, and I am going to get some patents on the way we will do the Business. That is securing us from others doing the same, or damaging the Name of my Business.
And I am having a specialist Attorney working for me, whoās solely business would be the defending of our rights.
This costs a lot of money, but if you own Trademarks, it is neccessary.
I have asked you politely to please leave this, you really have little idea of the specific as I have said and I find your tone abrasive and not conducive to the usual pleasant tone of this forum. and continuing back and forth like this serves no one.
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This seems strange to me that you voluntarily would share stories about your business but then suddenly would want to stop talking about the topics that you brought up. And point out that commenters do not know all the details ā details which you have chosen not to share.
Perhaps we each need to be able to handle a little more āgive and takeā about the things that we post.
@MacSparky is right on this. Itās so hard to protect brands and make sure they remain protected. Words like Kleenex and Xerox lost the battle of becoming generic and public domain. So, brands have to be vigilant. At the same time, they donāt want to alienate fans of the brand. This is why I have always loved this cease and desist from Jack Daniels, maybe some of you are already familiar with this letter.
The letter is great because it acknowledges that the infringer is a fanāeven going so far as to say the company was flattered!ārelates to the fanāāas an author, you can certainly understandā¦āāand even offers to cover the cost to help the author comply with the cease and desist.
Anyway, I wish to say that the cease and desist letters that Iāve written in the past achieved this tone. But when the opportunity comes, Iām certainly going to try it out.
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OK I will just keep quiet, simple.
I leave this to everybody, to make their own descission about your āpolitenessāā¦
The BeaTLes ought to sue Apple!
Here is a brief history
Remember based on UK law
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right. thatās what I was thinking. thank you.
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That is an excellent C&D. Looking back, Iāve written some real scorchers in my time, but those were not IP related and aimed at people very much trying to damage my clients.
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Yep. Protect it or lose it.
Remember though, Apple has limited license from Apple Records (think The Beatles) to use Apple. The original agreement with Apple Records was that Apple Computer would not engage in music as a business. They had a series of lawsuits, I forget how many.
Then there was, in the days of the Apple II and III, a European computer called, I think, Peach.
And recently, Apple vs Pear.orps
Iām late to this discussion but Apple suing Fruit Union Suisse is absurd. Apple ought to have to live with its decision to choose an extremely common word and image as its name and trademark rather than coining a new name like Microsoft did.
Itās reasonable to sue a hardware or software company for calling itself or its products or services āAppleā, but not a company or organization outside the tech field, especially one that unlike Apple actually sells or processes, you know, apples.
From a brief search (I was trying to find out the result or any update, but there isnāt anything), itās purely over their logo, which took a decidedly more Apple like look in 2017. While I think itās silly for them to sue, I can see why. Most companies do this crap.