Chinese toothpaste biz wants £50k from Apple over 'Snow Leopard'

[silicon_toad2000]

ha ha

Jiangsu Snow Leopard Household Chemical, apparently a company with fingers in many pies, is claiming to have registered 42 trademarks relating to xuebao – Chinese for ‘snow leopard’ – including for electrical products.

The firm, which as the name suggests is mainly in the business of selling household items like toothpaste and soap, wants 500,000 yuan (£50,000) in damages and a public apology from Apple, according to Beijing-based consultancy Marbridge Consulting.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/03/snow_leopard_trademark_dispute/

[White Stripes]

and here i thought it was apple that took the cake on starting stupid lawsuits...

[Bluey_412]

mebbe they started it cos they feel that the apple version is crappy to the point it denigrates the fine 'snow-leopard' name of the honorable plaintiff?

[silicon_toad2000]

I think the public appology would be worth more than the 50k, imagine the publicity for the chinese company