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That is true. That argument also got Apple Records off Apple's back in the old days; they weren't in the music business (until they did with iTunes and were sued again). I think the lawyers are being too ambitious with this lawsuit, and will lose, but my comment was just clarifying why lawyers would bring such a case.

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Lawyers get paid regardless of the outcome.

Is on their best interest to bring as many frivolous loosing lawsuits as Apple is willing to pay for.

Corporate lawyers also get paid whether they file lawsuits or not, so no, it's not really in their interests to file frivolous lawsuits.

People keep themselves busy (or soon they're out of their job). When there's no high or medium priority studs to do, people move to the low priority and do it, even if useless.

There’s no lawsuit though. The article is literally about an application for trademark registration Apple filed in 2017 and a now subsequent appeal of the specific portions of that application which were denied and a hypothetical by an interested third party that too broad a grant might cause conflict in the future.

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