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Comment by anigbrowl | Hacker News Reader

Wired knows better. Apple is required by US trademark law to file pro forma objections to other similar logos because if they don't, they can be accused of constructive abandonment' of their own mark which will drastically limit their ability to seek recourse against genuine infringement.

The problem here is not Apple, but the perverse incentives in US trademark jurisprudence.

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Do you truthfully think that Apple the computer company is at risk in the US (or anywhere for that matter) of losing their trademark if they don't go after a union of fruit growers in a completely different market with a logo that is not in any way confusing to consumers?

No doubt what you say is true for some infrigement cases and should be blamed on US trademark jurisprudence, and the US does badly need reform of IP laws, but blaming that for this move by Apple seems like a major stretch.

Apple isn't going after anyone. They're registering a trademark for the Apple Records logo in the trade domain of music and related media. That's it. There's no conflict here other than hypotheticals made up for the article.

Apple is part of the problem here. This case is in Swiss which is not using US trademark law. The logo is clearly different, the products of both companies/org are different. But still Apple wants the other apples. I wish all Apples fanboys all over the world create an online petition to oppose this action.

Nails it. This needs to be upvoted more.

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