Apple sued pear for trademark infringement. How did they reconcile?

Apple sued a startup company, accusing the other company of pear-shaped logo infringement of its trademark rights. The defendant startup has reached a settlement with Apple and will modify the pear-shaped trademark. Apple and prepear have reached a settlement on the pear trademark case. Mei Sen, co-founder and chief operating officer of prepear, said that the company was satisfied with the settlement plan and made minor changes to the pear-shaped logo in the coming weeks. Prepear adjusted the pear leaf pattern in its trademark, which made it quite different from Apple's trademark. The new design will be used for company logo and software icon. Apple said that its pear-shaped logo will weaken the uniqueness of the Apple logo, making it difficult for consumers to distinguish prepear from Apple's products and services.

Most netizens don't accept Apple's comments. Some netizens bluntly said that Apple's move is tantamount to bullying startups. Some netizens also pointed out that this is obviously a completely different result. Is the apple a symbol of the fruit market? The positioning and business of the two companies are also very different. Unlike Apple as a high-tech company, prepear is an application developer focusing on recipes and meal planning, with a hollow pear-shaped logo. Apple is a high-tech company, and its trademark is bitten apple. As far as popularity is concerned, Apple is naturally more popular. But in fact, the two are not very comparable. The correlation between them is not very high, except that these two marks are both achievements.

Regarding Apple's lawsuit, the person in charge of prepear said that this was a major blow to prepear, but Apple chose to keep this logo. At that time, the company was still petitioning online. Before the attack, Apple opposed dozens of other trademark applications with fruit-related marks submitted by small businesses. Many similar trademark applications have been modified or abandoned. Being legally attacked by one of the biggest companies in the world is a terrible experience. We did nothing wrong. We understand why most companies just give in and change their trademarks.

Apple sued the developer because it thought similar trademarks were harmful to the brand. Bullying is inevitable. Apple once opposed the fruit logo trademark of 10 small company. Many similar trademark applications have been modified or abandoned. Prepear is unwilling to give up his logo. The company has gone public. Org Apple has launched a petition, hoping to persuade Apple to drop the lawsuit. But prepear is a minority, and most small businesses can't afford tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to fight against Apple. Apple's lawsuit triggered a hot discussion on the Internet, because pears and apples are completely different fruits. Prepear said that the lawsuit accused Apple of bullying the start-ups of technology giants and even launched an online petition to win support for itself.