Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy”

Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by mikeryan on Monday January 20, 2014 @01:58PM (#7091152)

Think of Apple, for example. Nobody is going to expect the electronics giant to lay claim over the fruit, but if someone were to try to market an electronic device under that name, you’d better believe their lawyers would swoop in.

Ironically the reverse happened. Apple always had an uneasy trademark situation with Apple Corps (A holding company owned by the Beatles which owns Apple Records). Apple kept "entering the music business" and having to buy off Apple Corps to keep their mark intact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by vacri on Monday January 20, 2014 @04:18PM (#7091814)

Apple tried to prevent a supermarket chain here in Australia from using a logo which stylised their "W" as an apple, one that looked nothing like Apple's apple.

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by Crito on Monday January 20, 2014 @04:59PM (#7092018)

For anybody who doesn't remember, it was Woolworths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woolworths_logo_2012.svg

Not to be confused with Woolworth (no 's'), the old American retail store. Somewhat ironically, Woolworths was named after Woolworth, though the companies are not related:

> "The name on the draft prospectus drawn up by Cecil Scott Waine was "Wallworths Bazaar" – a play on the F.W. Woolworth name (the owner of the Woolworth's chain in the United States and United Kingdom). However, according to Ernest Robert Williams, Percy Christmas dared him to register the name Woolworths instead, which he succeeded in doing after finding out the name was available for use in New South Wales. Accordingly, Woolworths Ltd in Australia has no connection with the F.W. Woolworth Company in the United States, nor the Woolworths Group of UK."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Limited

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by bane on Monday January 20, 2014 @08:17PM (#7092778)

also reminds me of http://gawker.com/5853402/apple-threatens-to-sue-tiny-german...

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by tosiabunio on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @09:18AM (#7095307)

Apple is also suing the Polish company for its trademark a.pl

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by moocowduckquack on Monday January 20, 2014 @02:37PM (#7091360)

hence, sosumi.aiff

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by duskwuff on Monday January 20, 2014 @03:23PM (#7091544)

If it isn't obvious: sounds like "So Sue Me". This is not a coincidence.

From the creator: http://boingboing.net/2005/03/24/early-apple-sound-de.html

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by justsee on Monday January 20, 2014 @03:56PM (#7091687)

Also, for a long time 'sosumi' was the div class for Apple's copyright links in the footer on their website [1].

The joke appears to have been removed on the current site.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110122015154/http://www.apple....

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by 10feet on Monday January 20, 2014 @06:59PM (#7092485)

And there have been computer makers back in the day, such as Apricot computers.

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