Apple loses NZ court fight over ‘driPhone’ trademark dispute

A small-time inventor in New Zealand has accomplished something giant rival Samsung has not: he has won against Apple in court. The case revolved around Hayden Crowther’s use of the name “driPhone” for his line of waterproof phone cases. Apple, obligated by trademark law to “aggressively” protect its trademarks or risk losing them, sued over the concern that consumers would think the cases were an Apple product. A New Zealand court disagreed….