As The Big Apple adopts a new "green" logo, Apple (purveyor of iThings) is turning red. Wired reports that the emblem for New York City's GreeNYC campaign "shows a stylized apple with a stalk and a leaf. It bears a resemblance to Apple's famous logo -- a resemblance Apple says infringes on its trademark."

While Mother Nature was unavailable for comment, rumor is the Partridge Family bird has been chirping about a trademark infringement case himself. In the meantime, NYC & Company officially applied to trademark their apple logo early last year, as Apple filed a formal opposition. In turn, NYC & Company have filed a counterclaim asking that the infringement complaint be dismissed. This could go on forever...but experts say it will likely be resolved in 9 months. The next step is to survey people's reaction to the new logo, to see whether Apple's complaint can hold up.