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Re:Apple Is Taking Legal Action Against a Small Company Beca... by sebazzz on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:22AM (#24109545)
> Preventing trademark erosion. > However, they don't seem to have good grounds for it in this case.

Does that mean this is just suing companies for the sake of suing?

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Re:Apple Is Taking Legal Action Against a Small Company Beca... by simsla on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:54PM (#24112707)
That might be jumping the gun a bit. Malice for the sake of malice is usually one of the least credible options.

Other valid possibilities:

- They don't agree with me on the first point.

- Someone followed an un-nuanced SOP.

- They expect a strategic benefit from this kind of attitude.

- People are making choices from a job-security perspective rather than a greater good (or even greater good of the company) perspective.

- ...

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