Apple Sues the New Apple Cinemas at 1000 Van Ness, Claiming Trademark Infringement

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/05/apple-sues-the-new-apple-cinemas-at-1000-van-ness-over-trademark-infringement/Not even one month after the movie theater chain Apple Cinemas took over the vacant 1000 Van News theater, the computer company Apple, Inc. is suing them over their name, saying that it’s meant to deceive consumers. It seemed like a pretty feel-good story when the long-vacant AMC Van Ness movie theater reopened at 1000 Van Ness Avenue last month as a new multi-plex called Apple Cinemas Van Ness. Apple Cinemas is a chain of 14 movie theater locations, all of which are on the East Coast except for the new SF location. And when Apple Cinemas Van Ness opened in early July, SFist and many other local media outlets were careful to note that the compan