No more jumble sales - Apple have the trademark

[NotAllThere]

Apple has overtaken Microsoft in the evil empire stakes.

[bless 'em all]

Apple has overtaken Microsoft in the evil empire stakes.

Apple have always been the evil empire. They've just failed to keep the lid on their kiniving ways.

[Bunk]

Huh? Wassat?

Speak of the devil and all that...

[NotAllThere]

Apple have always been the evil empire. They've just failed to keep the lid on their kiniving ways.

Fair point. Is that mixture of "knifing" and "conniving"?

[original PM]

I fail to see how you can patent the layout of tables in a shop....

ok yes if you deliberatly try and make people think they are in an apple shop buying apple products is one thing but simply laying your goods out in an easy to use format for people and clearly not trying to dupe people is a different kettle of fish altogether.

what next -- a kettle manufacturer trying to patent boiling water?

the world has gone mad!

[NigelJK]

Of course, Patenting anything in the the States or here is pointless. Let say you invent an entirely new bag less vacuum cleaner, which after many years research you perfect and Patent. Then they sell like hot cakes and miff your competitors who have been making loads of money out of selling paper bags for inflated prices for years. So they copy you. You drag them through successive courts right up to the US Supreme court, and guess what? Completely innocent.