Comments on: And Apple Commanded: “You Must Not Take of the Apple Tree . . . For You Will Surely Be Sued” http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 28 May 2012 12:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: disney » Blog Archive » The Mouse Snatches The Seals: Disney Moves To Claim Trademark to … http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-232399 Tue, 17 May 2011 20:25:23 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-232399 [...] explain an ever-widening array of common names and black — suing over all from a right to use of an apple in a heading to regulating expressions like “who dat? Now, Walt Disney has filed for heading [...]

]]> By: Gyges http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-85250 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:47:28 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-85250 Another copyright case. You’ve got to respect this guys guts.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091012/NEWS02/91012018

]]> By: Apple Sues Company for Trademark Infringement | KEYTLaw http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-84311 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:46:03 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-84311 [...] Jonathan Turley’s blog post on the [...]

]]> By: Former Federal LEO http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83955 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:52:51 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83955 If ‘Apple’ had been around in the spring of 1726, ol’ Sir Issac Newton’s 2nd Law would have been mere applesauce…

]]> By: Gyges http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83951 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:31:26 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83951 But what about the Andrews Sisters?

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83949 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:13:54 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83949 If we’re going to talk apples and lawsuits, don’t forget snakes everywhere are lining up to file. Literal snakes not just the lawyers. And don’t forget that Appleseed fellow. He has an interest too.

]]> By: Former Federal LEO http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83925 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:30:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83925 Well then, Sue–a single plaintiff suer–should sue the entire legal profession in a slander suit–or a pants suit, if it suits her preferences..

]]> By: Maggie Knowles http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83919 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:09:12 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83919 The Big Apple should sue Apple.

]]> By: Andrea http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83904 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:50:58 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83904 The W in the apple there makes me think of Walgreens. The Walgreens W and the Washington Nationals W is one and the same!

]]> By: Mike Spindell http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83893 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:06:54 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83893 The whole trademark infringement issue has spun out of control and Buddha is right to caution us as to the dangers of language being appropriated. I can Imagine the battle when someone markets and trademarks “Water” the real thirst quencher. How about “Oxygen” it keeps good things alive?

]]> By: Stel Pavlou http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83876 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:15 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83876 Buddha Is Laughing

And in related news, North Face sues competitor clothing line South Butt.

Laugh if you must, I wish I’d thought of it, but I’m not making this news, just reporting it.

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roflmsbo!

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83872 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:25:03 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83872 AY,

The psychology behind branding is not only interesting, it’s a little frightening too. I’ve never litigated over these kinds of issues and most of what I know is from reading various cases in the media. But I have read a fair bit about consumer psychology. We live in a sea of subliminal pressures in addition to the overt bludgeoning we get from advertisers every day. Jung’s work on symbolism is just ground zero for how much thought (and research) advertisers have put into making you do what they want by any means possible. Including the design, color and placement of their logos to be of maximum effect.

Count the hands. Ask a group of six year old children where the President lives. Ok. Now ask the same group if they know where a clown named Ronald lives?

In politics and commerce, there is a war going on for you mind.

Be the Resistance.

Think for yourself.

]]> By: Anonymously Yours http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83869 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:12:22 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83869 When to defend a copyright or trademark product identification is significant. Can we xerox everything? No that was one that was worth fighting. Can we use Kleenex everyday of the week? Of course. When you are doing this:

“What patent or copyright issues relating to computer software do this controversy suggest? Any IP paper on this subject will be considered acceptable in terms of subject matter if it manages to bring in {Baker v. Selden and/or The Rubber Tip Pencil Case} and computer software.”

Link: http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/claw/penrose.htm

I think that Apple will not score well as this claim is bad to the core. But the sour apples make good pies.

I did a study at UT on Marketing Brand names: Consumer Preferences on Logo Identification. While it sounds stupid, the human psychology was interesting. Why branding is so important.

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83868 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:11:32 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83868 “threatens to sue”, pardon, coffee and sinus meds have me a little woozy.

It’s kinda nice.

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83863 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:09:57 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83863 And in related news, North Face sues competitor clothing line South Butt.

Laugh if you must, I wish I’d thought of it, but I’m not making this news, just reporting it.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/05/Lawyer_Finds_Humor_in_North_Face_s_Threatened_Litigation_Over_South_Butt_.htm

]]> By: Jack B. http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83860 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:06:25 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83860 Woolworths needs to get a certain singer by the name of Fiona to compose a jingle for them.

]]> By: The Lord God http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83851 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:02:29 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83851 “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/06/and-apple-commanded-you-must-not-take-of-the-apple-tree-of-the-knowledge/#comment-83843 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:57:39 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=15725#comment-83843 All I can say is good McLuck with that.

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