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Claude,
Apple has spent squillions of dollars across every country it trades in, to protect its corporate identity. In this case, by registering a mark of an apple with a bite taken out of it.
They are well within their right to protect what's theirs legally. I understand and appreciate that this topic can become heated because of the triviality of the mark in question: a humble silhouette of a bitten apple. But, that is no grounds to go and bag the company. I wonder if we'd be saying any different if it were anything other than an apple, or, fruit in general.
If, as people say, the two marks bear no resemblance to one another, then the contest will be thrown out. This is the job of the trademarks hearings and oppositions people, who are the only ones qualified to make and pass ths judgment.
Regards,
Humayun
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