Canonical vs Apple
Most of you might already know that Launchpad which belongs to Canonical Limited is an “open source suite of tools that help people and teams to work together on software projects“. But recently, Apple have also decided to use the word “Launchpad” for their famous MacOSX!
Canonical is the same company which develops Ubuntu Linux and its a very big player in the Linux industry. Apple is also a very big player in the tech world. But recently, Apple’s bad behaviour attracted a lot of criticism towards them. First they baned Adobe Flash Player, Next they tried to cover up a big fault in their latest iPhone.. and recently I got to know that they are also trying to block Eclipse from their App Store!
Recently, our friend Andrew @ webupd8.org have spotted another case regarding Apple. It seems to be Apple have been using the name “Launchpad” for a launcher which is used to manage and launch apps on your MAC..
Apple's Launchpad
Well, the name “Launchpad” is already a registered trademark which belongs to Canonical Ltd. People at Canonical have stated that they have informed this matter to their legal team and they will do something for it soon. Sometimes they will sue Apple or sometimes they won’t, because even-though the names are the same, the purpose is different! So, what do you think? Should they sue Apple?
-Via webupd8.org
