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by user49598 5072 days ago
If that's true, I don't think a lot of people know about it.
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For your reading pleasure:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/computerkonzern-verkla... [süddeutsche.de -> in german]

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20111026-38449.html [thelocal.de]

http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/apple-wants-a-german-cafe... [geek.com]

Everything except the first link are the product of looking for English reports on the same issue, so I do not vouche for their quality.

The trademark arguably [arguably, not obviously] infringes on Apple's trademark, and one of the peculiarities of trademark law is that if you do not vigorously defend a trademark, it's scope and strength diminish.