“It’s just sensationalist journalism, the fact that they made the request to get this is irrelevant, it’s not like it would ever actually work…”

Apple has made similar requests to dozens of IP authorities around the world, with varying degrees of success. Authorities in Japan, Turkey, Israel, and Armenia have acquiesced.

Well, fuck me. This is the most ridiculous shit I’ve read all day. There really needs to be some major reforms made to trademark and copyright law, this is absolutely stupid. In my opinion, terms that existed in common speech before the company in question popularized them should simply be immune to trademark / copyright, and the fact that that isn’t the case is utterly baffling.