In other words, the layout of the Apple Store can be protected just like any brand. In practice, th

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That's what the court said in its judgment, rendered after a dispute between Apple and the German Patent and Trademark bare Office. bare The German office had in fact refused to protect a diagram of Apple Store, which she said could be likened to a brand, Apple has taken the case to the European court.
In other words, the layout of the Apple Store can be protected just like any brand. In practice, this means that Apple's competitors can not draw too heavily on the arrangement of the Apple Store, which is sort of a trademark bare of Apple and allows the consumer to identify it. If a competitor proposed stores in the same style, it could mislead bare the consumer and therefore Apple could attempt legal action.
Distinctiveness [...] must be assessed specifically by reference, first, to the goods or services concerned and, on the other hand, the perception of the relevant public, which consists of the average consumer of those goods or services, reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect.
to be capable of constituting a mark, the purpose of the application for registration must satisfy three conditions. First, there must be a sign. Second, the sign must be capable bare of graphic representation. Third, the sign must be capable of distinguishing the "products" or "services" of one undertaking from those of other undertakings.
It is important to note that this is the particular care taken by Apple in its retail outlets, which opened this right to protection. The question is when we can consider bare that a store reaches a sufficient level of distinction.
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They have good reason Apple! All church still have the same characteristics, like that the sinner knows that he is in the house of God and can indulge bare in ecstasy. heuuu I compare an Apple store in a church!? o_O
Seriously now all ready to patent ... When I go into a store I look at the sign ... especially following the banner prices can change dramatically so good ...
styx: Salow! See you in court!
Finally, we must see what will reach such a mark, I doubt Apple can really enjoy unconstrained monopoly. It will be strictly limited (particularly in the goods and services covered - I imagine the sale of computer equipment among others).
Following is logical, says readership base just reward us all dumber than each other on a subject they do not even mastered the rudiments comments. This is where all the magic of the Internet 2.0
Yeah so it has nothing to do with what ... a patent since it is a brand. it would be nice to avoid confusion maintain any kind, it would perhaps have real debates on intellectual / industrial property one day, rather than stay in the "I'm going to patent bullshit / l alphabet / rectangle / patents / etc. "Punctuating most articles concerning patents.
@ Author "it is not a patent per se" Indeed not since it is a brand. Why not use that word then? Should not write about things too complicated when we do not understand. A trademark right has nothing to do with patents. So "not a patent per se" is just a big bullshit dropped as fodder for an intellectually limited readership.
Is Apple has spent time and money to invent a revolutionary way to arrange justifying its stores to be legally protected? Although they are not the only ones to use the patent-trolling, I do not see how anyone can say that they do not abuse it, because they abuse. There is a difference between legitimate protection and benefit laws to ab