Farmer Joshua McDonald (95) admits that he may be getting on in years and has become slow to react, but he was glad to confirm to reporters that he would be responding to Apple’s launch of their new iCow. McDonald accuses the company of deliberately violating his trademarks when they declared that they will be including with every iCow their own ‘electronic iO’, already known as the ‘e-iO’.

‘Everybody knows that I say “’Ee i ee iO” and I’ve had that as my trademark since 1932,’ said McDonald. ‘I don’t see why them there fellows at Apple should go and steal it from me. It’s not as though I haven’t got better things to do, worrying about all my ducks (quack quack), cows (moo moo), and sheep (baa baa).’ Steve Jobs launched the iCow claiming that it is ten years beyond any cow currently on the market.

Experts believe it is Apple’s deliberate attempt to force the smaller business out of the lucrative ‘e-iO’ market. ‘McDonald has had a monopoly on the “e-iOs” for decades,’ said Roger Luth of technology website CNit. ‘Apple have now come along with a sleeker looking version of the old cow and it’s e-iO will be included there in every package. I think it will prove a clever move and a winner.’

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