Following a protracted back-and-forth between both parties, the IPI partially granted Apple’s request last fall, saying that Apple could have rights relating to only some of the goods it wanted, citing a legal principle that considers generic images of common goods—like apples—to be in the public domain. In the spring, Apple launched an appeal.

This is the main takeaway, it seems Apple is tackling the idea that logos based on common goods are considered public domain. I definitely think it’s ridiculous, seems like Apple’s legal dept is just trying to find reasons to justify their jobs. If I were a judge and Apple brought a legal battle attacking another company in a totally unrelated field for simply using a similar item in their logo, a logo that looks completely dissimilar to Apple’s logo, I’d tell them to go pound sand. Apple doesn’t produce apples, but this company does produce apples and they want to pretend that this company should not include the item they’re producing in their own logo? Pfffft

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