Ukrainian movie director Vasyl Moskalenko made an action-comedy movie about a superhero who can levitate apples. It is a low-budget film that was crowdfunded through Kickstarter. The movie’s title is “Apple-Man.” Moskalenko filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office an application to register “Apple-Man” as a trademark for motion picture films about superheroes, e-books in the field of comics and graphic novels, video and computer game programs, among others. Apple Computers filed an opposition to the “Apple-Man” trademark application, claiming that the public will erroneously believe that “Apple-Man” is associated with Apple Computers and that the Apple brand will be diluted. Apple also avers that “Apple-Man” adopts the world-famous “Apple” trademark and just added the generic word “man.” Moskalenko’s lawyers say that the public will not be misled by the movie. The USPTO is yet to rule on the opposition. (hollywoodreporter.com)