Reuters: Small Business News: Apple turns legal guns on Polish retailer A.pl

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Apple turns legal guns on Polish retailer A.pl Sep 11th 2012, 13:43 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone: source Thu, Sep 6 2012 Samsung's challenge: keep the customer Thu, Sep 6 2012 REFILE-UPDATE 1-Samsung challenge: sold the phone, how to keep the customer Thu, Sep 6 2012 Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in secret patent talks Thu, Aug 30 2012 Samsung strikes new Note after Apple suit Wed, Aug 29 2012 Analysis & Opinion Apple and the burden of being a behemoth Related Topics Tech » Small Business » Related Video 6:00am EDT A man talks on a mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai September 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Aly Song WARSAW | Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:43am EDT WARSAW (Reuters) - Apple, fresh from a patent victory against South Korean rival Samsung, has turned its sights on a smaller target - Polish online grocery website A.pl. The Polish patent office said on Tuesday the U.S. maker of the iPad, iPhone and iPod had filed a complaint, accusing the website of copying one of Apple's icons to its logo and riding its coattails to win customers. "Apple brand is widely recognized and the company says that A.pl, by using the name that sounds similar, is using Apple's reputation," patent office spokesman Adam Taukert said. A.pl chief executive Radoslaw Celinski said: "The accusation is ludicrous". The firm, which is not currently using the logo in question, is looking at Apple's complaint. A date for an official hearing has not been set yet. The law firm Baker & McKenzie, which represents Apple in Poland, was not available to comment. Apple was expected to launch a new iPhone on Wednesday. (Reporting by Dagmara Leszkowicz; Editing by Dan Lalor) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (3) Aw, c'mon, Apple. A.pl? And they are no longer using the logo? They've ceased and desisted, so you should, too. Sep 11, 2012 7:27am EDT  --  Report as abuse Ford, be careful, they'll be after the Model A you used next. Sep 11, 2012 8:06am EDT  --  Report as abuse an american corporation with load of cash to spend on lawyers. what else can be expected from them. Sep 11, 2012 8:38am EDT  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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