What's legal doesn't matter, it's their store, if they want to claim they own the word Pear too they can do that.
replyI think holding that kind of power over devices people own is problematic, but I seem to be in the minority here.
Amusingly, a bunch of series of teen shows used to use "Pear PC" to get around the trademark issue on all their on screen technology...
reply+1 .. the problem isn't that Apple is denying their app, the problem is the developer decided to submit it to the Apple store.
replyFun fact: this same process is how Vietnam got its name. Their earlier proposal of Nam Viet had fallen out of use, but still couldn't get approval.
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