Comments on: Apple to patent the letter ‘i’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:16:35 +0000

*cough* COMMIE *cough*

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:45:14 +0000

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/07/22/apple_fortunate_intel_didnt_manage/

what happened to the good old days whyen you could have only copyrighted unique and different things? Like some medicine or a new invention not something that has been around for thousands of years!

Intel or Apple they are both nuts. You know what? I will be better copyrighting now the color red and or white. And if Apple uses it I will sue them till their heads spin!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:04:10 +0000

i think Apple is nuts. And if i want to use the letter i, i will. iiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Have a wonderful day. i will too.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:03:29 +0000

Well, it wouldn’t be patent, it would be trademark, and it’s not as dumb as it sounds: Zilog did attempt to trademark the letter Z in the 70’s (they failed, fortunately!)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:33:57 +0000

Just a related note:

The US Copyright office has recently ruled that fonts are not subject to copyright on the theory that the alphabet is not, so ignore all of those warnings on your Adobe Fonts CDs. However, the names of the fonts can be trademarked, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office. So now there will be many different names for the same font. Fabulous.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:04:16 +0000

Yes, the word ‘Windows’ is trademarked in the context of computer software. However a company that made those things with glass in them that are installed in the walls of your home could not trademark the word ‘windows’ in conjunction with the items they sell.

Similarly, Apple computer trademarked ‘Apple’ in the domain of computer hardware and peripherals. A trademark would not be given to Mott’s for ‘Apple Juice’.

So if you wish, you can start making Windows Ice Cream, Windows Pet Food, Apple bathroom cleaner, or Tide blue jeans without running afoul of that Latham Act (US Trademark Law) because you are using a common word in a context different than it’s dictionary definition. You can not use created words like ‘Coca-Cola, Kleenex, Jif, or Fabreeze’ for anything at all without permission because these are considered ‘fanciful’ and are accorded the highest degree of trademark protection.

–TG

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:26:21 +0000

err, this is a joke

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:08:34 +0000

there is just no way that you can morally patent a letter… there are only 26 of them for crist sake…

I know they use the I for all their product names now… but they should patent/copywrite the indevidual names… not the I.

I alot other companies use the I for differnet things… if apple does this… and succeeds, I loose more faith in the country… v.v

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:54:48 +0000

Do I need to remind everybody that part of the dictonnary is already trade-marked : windows, orange for instance. If all is goind the way the capitalists want, then you’ll have to pay just to breath and speak !

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:30:44 +0000

here here

irobot sue them sue their pants come on!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:45:00 +0000

Haha, great article