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Kein eiPott Für Sie! German Court Backs Apple Copyright

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A German court issued a restraining order at the behest of Apple against German company Koziol ordering the company to stop selling an egg holder called eiPott (say it out loud if you need to). The judge ordered the company to change the name and packaging on the product because customers might mistake it for one of Apple’s products.

The court’s ruling noted that eiPott, “is an artificial word created [by Koziol] and [an] unusual addition to refer to an egg cup.”

BZiPhone reported (Google Translation) that Koziol plans to change the name, but as of this writing it is still available at the company’s Web site for €7.50 ($9.53).

eiPott

Und eiPott

eiPott

Auch eine eiPott

Thanks to TUAW for the heads up on this story.

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Nein eiPott Für Sie!

should change to “Kein eiPott ...”

The correct headline would be “Kein eiPott für Sie”. One shouldn’t rely solely on Google translate.

   Actions Lee Dronick said on August 20th, 2010 at 5:29 PM (Edited: 10/18/2011 6:20 PM):

Okay, sometimes these sort of restraining orders are a stretch, but that product and packing is a close resemblance to an iPod in Apple packaging. Even the graphic of an egg with the top knocked off looks very similar to an Apple logo rotated 90º CCW.

Interesting egg cup design with that rectangular toast strip or shell holder.

This is priceless marketing, and for free.

They have to pay the lawyers, of course, and change the label on the box. But this much product exposure is worth way more.

Nein eiPott Für Sie!

should change to “Kein eiPott ...”

The correct headline would be “Kein eiPott für Sie”. One shouldn’t rely solely on Google translate.

Ack! That’s pretty embarrassing. I apparently know just enough German to get myself in trouble, and that was actually the one translation I didn’t double check…

Thanks for catching it and the nice notes. I edited the title accordingly.

   Actions geoduck said on August 21st, 2010 at 2:48 PM (Edited: 01/26/2012 2:46 PM):

I apparently know just enough German to get myself in trouble,

In high schoolI took a year of German. I learned to say “I don’t speak German”. Pretty much that’s all I’ve ever needed.
lol

   Actions Uli Kusterer said on August 23rd, 2010 at 5:38 AM:

For those who wanna know: “ei” is the German word for “egg” and “Pott” is a sort of container, not unlike the English word “pot”. IMO, this should be covered under parody, because it’s obviously an egg-holder.

PS - The captions need some fixing, too: You translated “and eiPott” instead of “an eiPott”. Should really be “Ein eiPott”. And since the word “Pott” is masculine, not feminine, it should be “Auch ein eiPott” in the second caption.

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