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by inetsee
5017 days ago
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This case does not set a bad precedent. Apple could probably buy the trademark using spare change they could find under their sofa cushions. Or they could come up with an alternative. It took me about 5 seconds to come up with something different (change the background color (I like green), and add a treble clef to the left of the notes). Voila, an image just as musical and sufficiently different to pass a trademark examination. Strict trademark rulings don't hurt everyone in our community. They prevent big corporations from steamrolling over small businesses. |
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Yep. My company recently caught a very large software vendor using our registered trademark slogan in their ads. After a lengthy court process, we were able to force them to license it. If it wasn't for trademark law, they would be benefiting from intellectual property we came up with, and as a much smaller company we would be powerless to stop them.