Apple is trying to trademark depictions of actual apples

Image caption: Apple, the company, wants exclusive rights to apples, the fruit. Image credit: Getty Images. Article by Cecily Mauran. Mashable – June 19, 2023.

Apple is trying to trademark images of apples – the fruit, not the computers. Apple has been trying to trademark the apple in Switzerland since 2017 and has launched similar applications in several other countries, per Wired UK. It submitted an application to the Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) for the IP rights to a black-and-white depiction of a Granny Smith apple. In 2022, the IPI partially awarded Apple’s request, citing that generic imagery of common items are considered to be in the public domain. […]

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