How China put the bite on Apple • Michael Gill

Entrepreneur bites back at Apple in trademark dispute

Published Apple Inc. is monitoring its rights in Russia, though with a time lag. Back in 2018, a Russian entrepreneur obtained registration No. 670287 for classes 20, 29, 30, 35, and 41. In early 2024, Apple Inc. appealed the registration, stating that the disputed trademark is confusingly similar to several of Apple’s trademarks, including Nos. 94833 and 557834, among others. The similarity …

How China put the bite on Apple • Michael Gill

Apple, the world’s leading manufacturer, epitomises the futility of the US–China tariff wars. Having sailed close to the financial wind in its first iteration, Apple Computer Company (founded by two Steves: Jobs and Wozniak), it became a poster child for American innovation, product excellence and financial muscle in its second life, as Apple Inc. (under Jobs alone). Yet Apple is very much Chinese. Patrick McGee’s revealing new book Apple in Chi…