Apple issues cease and desist over “iPod Mondays” event
This is actually pretty interesting... Considering that the event organizer contacted Apple before ever starting the event, has been praised by the local Apple store, has been mentioned on the Apple website and has Apple employees attend his events...
I was clued into this via an Engadget story, which was inspired by a BoingBoing post.
You can read the email conversations between Clint (organizer of iPod Mondays) and Apple on iPodMonday.com.
You can also read an article on this issue in the Des Moines Register.
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Weird, I didn’t even know about this and I live here.
My guess is that this is a lawyer issue. Either you have to protect your trademark or you imply that anyone can use it in such a way. It is one of those things that lawyers and PR hate because it is almost necessary and is never perceived well at all.