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| Monday, June 21, 2004 |
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CHINA: Apple Loses Legal Battle Over Logo
21 Jun 2004
Source: just-style.com
IT giant Apple Computer Inc has lost a court appeal to have its trademark logo extended to cover apparel, headwear and footwear in China.
In handing down its verdict this week, the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People’s Court deemed that Apple could not claim its logo was protected under law for those categories of goods.
An application by Apple in April 2000 to the trademark appraisal committee of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce was rejected, on the grounds that the company’s logo was too similar to that of leather apparel maker Guangdong Apples Industrial Co.
Guangdong Apples’ logo represents a whole apple, while Apple’s logo features an apple with a bite taken out of it.
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