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Why you shouldn't study law to compare apples with oranges
The vast majority of lawyers are a waste of resources. They create needless lawsuits over frivolous disputes.
Today we witnessed more proof of this theory when a
London
judge denied a claim by Apple Corporation against Apple Computer over the latter's rights to sell digital music.
Both companies use a logo depicting a common item to their companies, yet they feel it's justified to claim ownership on this generic form. Apple the corporation, owned by Paul McCartney, Ring
o Starr, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison, believes that the fruit name is theirs, and repeatedly has sued Apple Computer.
The computer maker, the Beatles argue, shouldn't be allowed to use anything Apple-shaped to market music, including digital music told through the iTunes store.
It is beyond me what horrible damage Apple Corp suffers from this grave injustice.
Luckily the judge in London seemed to agree. But lawyers are only encouraged by such defeats. Filing for appeal after all only makes for more billable hours to uphold a system that wastes a lot and produces so little.
Now as for the pictures in this post: they all look like apples to me, yet they some represent billion dollar corporations and others don't. Surely there must be some lawyer willing to sue the photographers of the other three apples for their trademark infringement?
Tags: apple, the beatles, trademark
May 9, 2006 at 03:56 AM | Permalink
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