The $3 trillion market cap company Apple wants to own the rights to images of the apple fruit. Fruit growers in Switzerland are concerned about this because they think apples should be a universally recognized symbol.
Apple has also been attempting to obtain comparable rights in nations like Japan, Turkey, Israel, and Armenia. This situation demonstrates how businesses compete for trademark ownership even when they don’t actually need it.
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