The controversial pear logo lawsuit filed by Apple against Super Healthy Kids about the Prepear logo appears to be over as reports indicate a settlement is near.
The battle that Apple waged against small and independent developer Prepear appears nearing its end before the court got a chance to hear about it. Reports say that Apple is prepared to settle the issue about the disputed Prepear logo. Over the summer, news of the Cupertino tech giant declaring war against a small developer surfaced.
Sources familiar with the lawsuit that Apple filed revealed that it stemmed from Prepear's use of a logo that Apple's legal team claimed looks too similar to the iconic Apple logo and sufficient enough to confuse customers. Instead of backing down and changing the logo, Russell Monson, Super Healthy Kids co-founder and developer of the Prepear app, took his case to social media and managed to create a wave of criticisms against Apple.
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Many industry observers say that Apple's claims about Prepear's logo appear ridiculous, as it does not bear even a superficial similarity to the iconic emblem. Despite the negative sentiment of many sectors about the case, Apple's lawyers did not hesitate to file the pear logo lawsuit against the small, five-person store, Prepear.
Apple's lawyers claim that the logo of Prepear "creates a similar commercial impression" because of its use of a "minimalistic fruit design with a right-angled leaf." After some time, however, it appeared that cooler heads prevailed as news reports indicate Apple is now willing to settle the lawsuit on the disputed Prepear logo.
It is unclear whether the petition that Super Healthy Kids' Monson started on Change.org has anything to do with the latest decision of Apple.
According to Apple's new filings with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the ongoing legal wrangling between Apple and Super Healthy Kids as regards the disputed Prepear logo is on hold as the two parties attempt to negotiate a settlement. Sources disclosed the filings to MacRumors, an online news outfit. While Apple indicated its willingness to settle in the Prepear logo case it filed against Super Healthy Kids, it is not dropping the case is filed.
What is clear is that Apple is ready to sit down with Super Healthy Kids and discuss what the parties can do about the Prepear logo. Reports also indicate that Monson tried talking to the lawyers of Apple last August, but they refused to discuss the disputed logo lawsuit with the Super Healthy Kids co-founder. Instead, Apple's lawyers went on to put the trademark dispute into an expensive discovery phase, perhaps in an attempt to drain the legal budget of the smaller company.
After much stonewalling, however, Apple indicated its willingness to settle the Prepear logo lawsuit that it filed against Super Healthy Kids.
