“The image on the left (below) is the logo of Sichuan China-based food company Sichuan Fangguo Food Co., Ltd.,” Jordan Kahn reports for 9to5Mac.
“It’s also the logo that Apple claims infringes on trademarks related to it’s own iconic Apple logo, according to a report from go chengdoo,” Kahn reports. “(We cant help but feel that it looks more like an Apple logo merged with elements of LG’s logo.)”
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Kahn reports, “The real issue here is that Fangguo recently filed to extend their trademark into new product categories, two of which included “notebook computers” and “electronic-game software”. This is most likely what put the company on Apple’s radar…”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Lynn Weiler” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
won’t fly over in china.
苹果是伟大的
Well, I will be surprised if Apple wins this one. But I do wonder what a food company is doing expanding into the the notebook computer and gaming markets. Is the company failing in the food market?
I know, especially given that you’ll be hungry again in an hour or two.
If they come-out with an edible tablet, that will be the end of the iPad.
I agree. Are shoes and building materials next?
Chips, of course.
Wafer cookies perhaps?
LG logo – yeah – Apple logo? Dumb stretch. Maybe if Apple would stop trying to turn the world of branding into a police state (this is a perfect example) – they could make their wares a little more affordable.
Apple products or completely affordable to people who don’t buy computers, phones, and mp3 players at Sams Club… f***!ng cheapskate…
Working on a 24″iMac, use an iPhone, family uses a Mini, 14 year old uses an iPad.
You use your mouth without using your brain. f**!ing moron.
Actually, they could lower their profit margin a point or two and soften prices much more. Their legal fees over copyright infringement are probably less than a rounding error when it comes to their annual expenses.
And I agree, the Sam’s Club reference is pretty bogus. I do a lot of my shopping at Costco, but I believe in paying for quality when it makes a difference. Thus, I make mine Apple.
Apple & LG to team up on this one?
This is ridiculous… Apple is getting a bit paranoid.
Why would a Chinese food company need to trademark a logo for a laptop computer?
It almost also looks like the LG logo.
lame
no real issue here
no real confusion here
Apple needs to tread carefully lest they appear as a bully.
This is a Chinese company. Originality has no place in modern Chinese society. Don’t think for yourself.
It’s certainly a twisted recombinant rendition of LG’s and Apple’s logos. But there they are to see.
I agree that this one is a big stretch. The biggest bully in trademark infringement is Monster who went after a mom and pop mini golf course called Monster Mini Golf. Were people going to confuse the golf clubs with your overpriced cables? Your cables probably cost more than the clubs to begin with.
Other horrible examples of copyright maniacs are the US Olympic Committee (they go after any business with the name Olympic in it, even if it’s located on a street named Olympic as in Los Angeles), and Disney (they famously went after a preschool for a mural of Mickey Mouse on their wall)
consider the probable market for e-devices and software of this former food services company: gullible Chinese nationals who will, out of naivete or status seeking, purchase anything remotely looking like sexy Western tech. I agree with Apple: lose the stem and leaf.
dd
We also see gullible American and European nationals who will, out of naïveté or status seeking, purchase anything remotely looking like profound Oriental philosophy. In other words, humans are all alike.
It looks like a grenade.
If it IS an apple, notice how they cut through the crappy core of the apple that no one ever wants to eat. Apple eats from the best part of the apple.
Apple knows apples… but I still thinking it looks like a grenade.
That is, without a doubt, one of the ugliest logos I’ve ever seen. Apple really shouldn’t have bothered to draw our attention to it.
Siichuan native creativity with iignorance of what they are getting into !!
The logos are NOTHING alike. Gimme a break.
As long as the leaf stays connected to the stem, I say it’s okay. As soon as the leaf becomes disconnected from the stem it must go.