Apple sues Gweneth Paltrow
Posted by Matthew on Monday May 24, 2004 @05:38PM
from the An-apple-by-any-other-name dept.
Matthew writes: According to Gwyneth Paltrow’s publicist, Apple computers has sued the actress and her husband, Chris Martin of rock band Coldplay, for trademark infringement over the name of their newborn daughter, Apple Martin.
“This is reprehensible behavior, especially from a company that Gwyneth formerly liked. Chris and Gwyneth did not have apple computers in mind when they named Apple—they were thinking about the fruit. Apple didn’t invent the word apple, you know. The fruit companies should sue them.”
An Apple spokesperson responded to the criticism: “Apple has a fiduciary duty to its shareholders not to allow the company name or image be diluted by other potentially famous market competitors. While Apple Martin may not currently be competing with Apple, it is highly likely that she will one day become a movie actress, and compete with Apple’s forthcoming joint venture with Pixar Studios to develop virtual actors using 3D digital rendering technology. So yes, we’re being proactive about this and protecting our intellectual property.”
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Well…
I feel even more sympathetic to the parents of poor old Microsoft Jones.
Comment by Mongooseman — May 24, 2004 @ 6:55 pm
Subject:A new trend…
Rumor has it Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards want to name their kid “Windows”.
Comment by Mearzuh — May 24, 2004 @ 8:00 pm
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I'd heard they were going to name it/him/her “Sequel”
Comment by matthew — May 26, 2004 @ 11:27 am
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Yeah, especially since his father, Digital Research Jones, never made the crossover into the bigtime from all those geexploitation movies back in the day.
Comment by matthew — June 6, 2004 @ 8:15 pm
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what if I named you all spastic freak?
Comment by Anonymous Poster — June 21, 2004 @ 9:27 pm
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spaztic freak has a nice ring to it…
Comment by Anonymous Poster — July 21, 2004 @ 2:21 pm
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So Apple can actually sue because they suspect Gweneths daughter will grow up to be an actress and may compete with a digitally created actress…maybe? Those guys at Apple are on crack! Why dont they sue over those crack pipes they make with apples and aluminum foil.
Comment by Anwar — November 18, 2004 @ 1:57 am
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i agree it was wrong of them to try to sue over
something so dumb where are peoples mind these days. Apple belongs to the world not some dumb
company.
Comment by Anonymous Poster — December 2, 2004 @ 9:37 pm
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I cannot seriously beleive the previous 2 posters actually beleive the story is true without losing all faith in humanity, as the site clearly poses the question “Parody or Satire?” at the top of every page.
Comment by Incredulous — May 9, 2005 @ 10:49 am