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by ysofunny 847 days ago
i'm pretty sure apple would and could sue you if you do that.

but it really depends on how much attention you get

gotta keep an eye on the nintendo emulator lawsuit.... the war on general purpose computation carries on

2 comments

Saying "compatible with <trademark>" is if anything one of the best established examples of nominative use. Like PC-compatibles which IBM had no way of stopping. Apple could try to sue, but the case would get dismissed immediately.
Any time I've seen that on actual packaging, it does come along with "<trademark> is a registered trademark of <corporation>". Though usually those same boxes use official published logos from <corporation>.
Apple actually explicitly states that you may do this: https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/guidelines...

Though even if they didn't they wouldn't have a legal leg to stand on if they sued.