Jabbrwokk's Journal: Apple sues school over logo

Apple is suing a school - and customer - over its logo.

Apple is claiming that a Victoria, B.C. web design school is infringing on its copyright because the school logo looks similar to Apple's (go to the site and see for yourself.)

The school owners Christopher Boag and Dieter Gerhard "argue that the apple is a 'traditional representation of education' and that the logo in question, which incorporates the mountain logo of a sister company and has the words VSBT in one corner, in no way can be confused with the Apple logo."

The school is an Apple customer. From the article:

In its classrooms, VSBT has 20 large-screen iMac computers and has another 20 on order, Boag said, in addition to nearly a dozen Mac laptops and a handful of iPhones used by staff.

I realize Apple has to actively defend its copyright, or else it could lose bigger suits with even bigger infringers, but they could have settled with the owners in other ways instead of just slapping them with a "cease and desist" letter. Bad form, Apple.