Apple takes a slice out of a fruit-shaped trademark dispute in EU

In a real-life comparison of Apples and oranges, Apple convinced the EU Intellectual Property Office to partially refuse to grant a trademark, all for being too close to Apple's logo. Apple logo [left], Yichun Quinningmeng's logo [right] Apple's lawsuits cover a lot of important and dull areas, such as patent infringement. However, sometimes Apple's litigious activities can go in some quite unusual directions.