iPhone-shaped popsicles are flavour of the month in the North China city of Shenyang.
A new ice cream shaped like the future iPhone 5, should the new technology ever materialise, is proving immensely popular with students from Shenyang, Liaoning Province. For those who cannot afford the real thing, the eponymous ice cream is available for a cool 1 yuan ($0.15). The frozen treat comes in several different flavours, including pear and mango, but are “nothing special”, according to one ice cream store owner.
While a blatant copy of the popular Apple smart phone, the producers are unlikely to land themselves in a sticky situation and have their assets frozen anytime soon. A staff member of the Shenyang Industrial and Commercial Bureau told the press “a trademark registration is related to many areas, if Apple does not register the trademark “iPhone” in the food sector, then the production of “iPhone 5” ice cream is not copyright infringement.”
Apple is already involved in several patent disputes across China and seeing the Apple logo plastered crudely onto microwaves, gas cookers and even calculators is an all too familiar sight. Last year, the police closed down a counterfeit Apple store in the south of China after tourists sent photos of the poorly constructed emporium to Apple headquarters in California.