Apple Takes Action Over Australian Logos 425
sams67 writes "Australian supermarket Woolworth is on the receiving end of an action from Apple over Woolworth's new logo. The green, highly stylized 'W' logo could at best be described as 'apple-like.' As outlined in the article, Apple is taking similar action in Australia against music festival promoter, Poison Apple, and pay TV provider Foxtel, over their fruit-related logos."
Re:L.C.D (Score:5, Funny)
Apple should modify its logo to make it more unique. May I suggest splitting it into 6 horizontal stripes each with a different rainbow color.
Re:L.C.D (Score:2, Funny)
By definition 50% of the world is below average intelligence.
And the 50% of us on the top end know that by definition 50% of the world is below MEDIAN intelligence.
ehh (Score:3, Funny)
new logo looks like peeled apple skin (Score:5, Funny)
That new Woolworth's logo looks to me like a peeled apple skin, which is a part of the apple you throw away to avoid wax, pesticides, filth, etc.
Coincidences? Maybe not.
Uh oh... (Score:0, Funny)
In related news, the board members of Fruit of the Loomâ just shat in their briefs...
Apple Porn (Score:3, Funny)
It's bright fucking green.
Funny you should mention that. From the article:
Apple is also taking action against a music festival promoter, Poison Apple, which has applied to trademark an apple with a bite out of it atop crossed bones, and Foxtel, whose branding for a new pornography channel, Adults Only, is an apple together with an arrow and a devil's tail..
Crunchy!
Perfectly understandable (Score:5, Funny)
We all know that Australians throw prawns on the BBQ and drink Beer. We have never heard any Australian on any programme ever refer to fruit.
Therefore Apple's case is completely valid as no Australian knew what an Apple was before Apple showed them the picture, in fact it wasn't until the mid-90s that Australians knew that there was a fruit called the Apple rather than it just being about a computer.
Quite clearly therefore Apple owns the right to every apple-esque or indeed fresh fruit like Logo that is possible to be created.
In separate developments they also own the concept of 3D in Germany.
Re:what's next? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:L.C.D (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Trademark Guidelines (Score:5, Funny)
Doesn't God have prior art?
He did, but he didn't show up for his court date.
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sitting here, with a gigantic bag of popcorn, waiting for the circus that will be the fanboy response to this.
Show starts in 3, 2, 1...
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:5, Funny)
looks absolutely nothing like the Apple Computer logo
Kinda... Think of when you try to find shapes in the clouds, it's almost the same. The difference this time is that you've got a cold sweat covered Steeve Jobs believing the logo is it's his own and casting black magic on everyone around to project the famous reality distorsion field. Then, actually, throught the field the logos look exactly just the same.
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:L.C.D (Score:4, Funny)
Whenever something happens, the first question is "Who do I sue?"
Yeah, that's just wrong. Shouldn't it be "Whom do I sue?"
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:5, Funny)
Its obvious why Apple feels threatened (Score:3, Funny)
Re:L.C.D (Score:5, Funny)
MATH FIGHT!!!
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:5, Funny)
Why do you think it took so long for the Beatles to be on iTunes?
They had some lyrics that could be interpreted to be about fruit?
Deformation laws??? (Score:5, Funny)
In Australia when plaintiff makes a false claim against another person they are legally permitted to sue the plaintiff under our woeful deformation laws.
I really really hope you mean defamation otherwise as an Australian let me say I'm very very scared right now.
Woolworths might lose ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Woolworths is no College Kid getting sued by RI (Score:3, Funny)
My God! If only I had known! The fact that there is very little merit to the claim is now wholly irrelevant in the face of the defendant's wholly unconnected anti-competitive practices!
Now, how do I file a claim against Microsoft for the fact that my cat was run over?
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:2, Funny)
>> have I just time travelled into the future.
Yes. And, you're still doing it.
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:3, Funny)
I can see a similarity between the two. The question is if, when presented with the two, would I be confused into thinking that a Woolworth's branded product is an Apple product, and is it the intention of Woolworth's for this to be the case. The answer is no.
I look at the Woolworth's logo and see an apple. I do not see an Apple apple.
Yup... that and the fact that Woolworth's was smart enough to not try and tempt it's customers with a half eaten fruit.
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:5, Funny)
I look at the Woolworth's logo and see an apple. I do not see an Apple apple.
It may be time-of-the-year related, but personally, I see a green pumpkin.
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:3, Funny)
They don't want Apple users to get confused and buy groceries instead of computers. Last thing you need is an Apple trying to plug in a tomato into the USB port thinking it should work in her iMacBook since it came from a store with an Apple as a logo.
But seriously, the two companies aren't even in the same market. One is a personal computer company, the other is a god damn grocery store. They sell apples, apple is a very common fruit.
What about everyone else who has an apple in their logo? Is Apple Co. going to go after them too?
It's an apple! [fowlerfarms.com],omg another apple! [ncapples.com] and holy crap, another apple! [viewpoints.com]. What about Fruit of the Loom? Apple Co going to sue them too?
Re:Wow, that's hypocracy (Score:3, Funny)
So you're saying Apple are suing over the fact that color-blind people might confuse the marks? ;)
ObMed: I realize that color-blindness does not result in 'gray scale' vision.