Larry Niven's Altair

[Fred Cisin]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015, Tothwolf wrote:
> Indeed. Apple even screwed up on this with their iconic rainbow apple logo. I 
> discovered this while researching the history of the logo while doing image 
> work on Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons many years ago. It is still a 
> trademark, but the image is public domain because it was published before 
> 1978 with no notice.
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_Computer_Logo_rainbow.svg

Despite its lack of COPYRIGHTability, it is a REGISTERED TRADEMARK,
which is more important to protect for THAT.
(Either protection would make a competitor putting it on their 
products an infringement)