lostwonderApple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its apple logo
If the article is accurate and Apple is trying to secure IP rights over, "images of apples," surely no sane judge would rule in favour of such a wide ranging and foolish claim. I'm sure there are plenty of businesses who will be able to claim prior art over a picture of a damn apple.
Incidentally I'm trademarking the sun and then going after the entire country of Japan. I hope you aren't too attached to that flag.
A few years ago I tried to register a domain name which included the word "purple". I was told I couldn't because HP had trademarked the word "purple". I pointed out that my domain was in no way related to their purple laptops and I was told tough, no-one could for any reason register any domain which included the word "purple" because HP owned the word "purple".