Bonn café stands up to Apple over trademark

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

by denysonique • 15 years ago

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iradik• 15 years ago

Article with photo of logo: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/26/german-family-owne...

adoyle• 15 years ago

The site itself: http://apfel-kind.de/

Argorak2• 15 years ago

What this article fails to state is that its not about the "Apple" trademark. Apple holds the trademark for "Apple Cafe" (background: http://blog.guifx.com/2009/06/03/the-apple-store-that-almost...) in the corresponding category that the Apfelkind cafe is applying for (afaik something like "entertainment and consumption"). So its not as arbitrary as some try to put it. Whether the practice of holding to trademarks forever by enforcing them makes sense is a different story.

ugh2• 15 years ago

Don’t you have to use a trademark if you want to keep it or am I thinking of something else?

wisty• 15 years ago

You have to enforce it, which is why companies are so aggressive with trademarks. Patents are a different story.

mikeryan• 15 years ago

Yes you do. But thats US law, your mileage may vary in Germany...

pbhjpbhj• 15 years ago

There is no question that there will be any genuine consumer confusion in this case. Apple are trying to extend the trademark beyond the bounds of propriety.

However, the limited contact I've had with German trademark law suggests that Apple may win in their efforts to ruin this small delightfully styled business. German trademark law appears to be extremely broken.

kleiba• 15 years ago

tl;dr:

Bonn café stands up to Apple over trademark

(No, really, the article has almost zero information besides a picture of the logo of the café.)

Bonn café stands up to Apple over trademark

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