Simple solution
A doll of the Steve Jobs doll..
Job(s) done.
It's not just radio app developers, websites that dish the dirt on upcoming Apple products, and journalists who take the mikey out of Steve Jobs' diction that fall foul of the "magical and revolutionary" CEO. So do memento makers. Take online retailer MIC Gadget, which had the temerity to tout an iPhone 4-sized Steve Jobs …
Yeah, most judges would probably see through that one... (though I'm sure many would appreciate the pun).
A simpler solution would be to keep making the dolls, and just sell them in any jurisidction that doesn't recognise image rights (such as the UK). That said, the Apple logo that the doll is standing on would still present a trade marks snag...
But this is all academic, of course, because the product itself is utterly pointless.
If "utterly pointless" are the first words past your lips at every Apple release, then I concur that your comments are utterly pointless.
Apple's progress & growth over the last 10-12 years can not be explained away in terms of "baubles" - good job they don't rely on the oh-so-erudite proclamations from NB in deciding their development, sales & marketing strategies, isn't it?
Having said that, I can see why Apple might be upset regarding the unauthorised use of the Apple logo, but as the doll itself is not in any way derogatory, I feel the outraged response of Apple to this is a little crazy.
Almost as crazy as those who would part with fifty-odd smackeroonies for the aforementioned.
Fifty-odd smackeroonies buys more RAM, or a 1TB HD, or a reasonable external drive for backup....
Yes, I love and use Macs:- but I'm a pragmatist
a regular guy with jeans, trainers, black turtleneck, glasses holding a generic smartphone standing on a different-shaped piece of fruit. As long as they can roll out 'Steve from the accounts department' who has a resemblance to the figure and gives his permission I expect they'll be fine.
I was expecting the worst while waiting for the photo to load and was surprised to see that whoever sculpted/ molded (and then painted) them did much better jobs (yeah, that pun's done to death) than is probably warranted. If Steve must deny that his likeness be promulgated without his permission, he should at least be grateful that it was done this well and not as I'm sure others would have done.
Reasonably unsafe for work in a politically correct enviroment.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3-strap_harness_with_orange_dildo_01.jpg
Which could equally apply to the dickhead who appears in the banner advert. Can imagine the meeting between Mr Jobs and him quite graphically, and can also imagine the fight as to who is going to be the "wife".
Dude... its the Apple logo. By your argument anyone that did a 3D extrude of a company / product logo would avoid copyright infringement. That would mean that if I to make a 3 millimeter thick badge of say.... uhm... IBM's logo, I wouldn’t be infringing.
Your argument is plainly stupid without going into a debate how it differs to the Coke bottle.
Now go straight to bed without dinner and think about how silly you are......