Chinese clothing brand sues Apple for stealing its logo for the App Store

Apple is being sued for its App Store logo by a Chinese clothing brand called Kon that has a similar logo, reports Phone Radar . Kon, according to China’s Wikipedia equivalent Baidu Baike , is a clothing brand founded in 2009 based on the Sex Pistols’ Anarchy In The UK . The triangle is supposed to be skeleton bones that symbolize power over death.

Apple changed its App Store logo back in August from a paintbrush, pencil, and a ruler, to three sticks with rounded ends that overlap each other to form a triangle. Kon’s logo looks similar, but the ends are sharp rectangles.

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Image: Kon

Image: Apple App Store

The Chinese clothing brand says it owns the trademark to its logo and Apple’s new App Store logo used on iPhones and macOS is a violation of Chinese copyright law. Kon is demanding Apple publicly apologize and pay damages.

The Beijing People’s Court has accepted the case, according to Phone Radar . However, since Chinese courts don’t upload every case seen, the Kon case is not currently listed on the court website . Phone Radar expects that the judgment can come in over the next few weeks. Apple has dealt with a lot of lawsuits over this past year against the likes of Qualcomm , Samsung , and Corephotonics . Last year, it lost the trademark for the word “iPhone” to a Chinese vendor of leather goods.

We’ve reached out to Apple and Kon for comment and will update when we hear back.

Update December 19th 1PM EST: This article was updated to reflect that Kon claims it owns the trademark not copyright to its logo.