Remains of the Day: My life's an open iBook

16.06.2011
Apple's got yet another iTrademarkInfringement case on its hands, China sends iPad corporate spies to the big house, and Facebook apparently plans to take on Apple at a modern day Battle of Thermopylae. The remainders for Thursday, June 16, 2011 are making their last stand right here.

(AppleInsider)

First it was , now Apple's being sued for trademark infringement on iBooks, which apparently was the name of a small independent book publisher (I only read books by defunct indie publishing house you've never heard of). Apple, of course, used to have a laptop called the iBook, but apparently that trademark was limited to the computer realm. This has inspired a new business plan for me, though: sticking the letter 'i' in front of a bunch of random words and then collecting a hefty payday when Apple inevitably releases a product with the same name. iDrawers, anybody?

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Leak info on an unreleased iPad and go directly to jail--at least in China. The several months before the device's release have been sentenced to prison. Besides getting paid for their troubles, at least one of the employees was given discounts on the case-maker's products--which I'm sure was totally worth the $4600 in fines and year of jail time she'll now serve.

(TechCrunch)