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0 pointsicebraining8y ago0 comments

Nobody said it was fine or normal. The law is the law regardless of how depraved it may be, and you don't get immunity by being appalled.

By the way, Apple Computer (now just Apple) was sued by Apple Corps and had to pay $80k, and that was in England, not in the US.

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rdslw8y ago· 1 in thread

Sure you can sue as you'd like, but in this case: * Apple never lost over trademark in court with Apple Corps and did not had to pay. * When Apple Corps tried to finally sue breach of trademark agreement (the one for 80k), they ultimately lost in front of court: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer#c...

icebrainingOP8y ago

Apple Computer was not infringement of the agreement, but they had to pay $80k to get that agreement, because they may have infringed on the trademark. It's true that we don't known if they would have lost initially, but if it was clearly frivolous, they wouldn't have paid $80k to settle.

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