On May 25, 8:03 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> You can't have an iGasm, says Apple
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | So I was a little upset when Apple got its legal department to issue
> | a cease and desist style demand against the Ann Summers adult retail
> | group in regard to a sex toy called, rather superbly I think, the iGasm.
> `----
>
> http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/editorial-blogs/davey-winder/366133/you-...
>
> They get a little punishment too (possible forced/suppressed paid upgrade)
>
It's fairly common for companies to (too aggresively??) product their
trademarks. A great example is McDonalds. Go try and open a McSoftware
or McDonut or Mc-Anything and see how long until you get the cease and
desist letter from McDonalds informing you that you have just stopped
calling your Mc-something.
The only McSomething company that I've ever heard of is (the former)
McData and McDonalds did take them to court. Eventually they could
keep their name (McData) because it's a data company that was named
after it's founder... Jack McDonnell.
|
|
