Apple, you have GOT to be kidding me. I mean, look at the photos! Here is what Apple actually thinks:

….Apple’s legal challenge to the seemingly innocuous GreenNYC logo, claiming that the looped green apple would cause “consumer confusion resulting in damage and injury” to Apple, and will “cause dilution of the distinctiveness” of Apple’s trademark….

Consumer confisuon that is resulting in injury for Apple?! This has got to be joke! We are talking about a green-conscious organization that happens to have a logo shaped like an apple. Why the heck would Apple lose profits? Apple is starting to become one of the big, bad corporations that files lawsuits over anything! I mean, who would could confuse the two apples? For the sake of comparing, here are the two logos, courtesy of The New York Times:

I don’t know what person could confuse these two logos, but that surpasses me. Apple is pissing me off right now. (Walks away )

VIA New York Times

Apple, this is a shocker from you. My precious Apple is going down like the rest of the corporations that have false advertisements. Originally, I didn’t hear of the lawsuit filed against you in May in 2007. Here is how Jacqui Cheng states the situation:

The plaintiffs, Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley, originally brought the suit against Apple in May of 2007, alleging that Apple’s displays were “grainy” and “sparkly,” and that some customers had observed banding (when the display shows you bands of different shades when it is supposed to display a smooth gradient). Their proof, aside from their own observations, were pages of printed discussion threads from Apple’s support forums. The lawsuit alleged that customers who complained about the displays were allegedly told that they were being too picky or that they were imagining the problems.

Apple, I would have never expected something like this from you. I thought you were different from the rest of the evil corporations.  You have let me down. But enough of my rant.  Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Apparently, they used dithering to attempt to acheive what the advertisements actually say. Along with their observations (the people who filed the lawsuits), they used forum discussions to support their case. As many lawsuits are, the agreements were undisclosed. This type of deceptive advertising seems pretty low on a corporate standard. I better watch for you Apple.

 VIA Ars Technica