No, Tim Cook hasn't diversified into genetic engineering of wildlife (yet) (Google might be ahead of them there, too), but Apple do own a rather curious copyright amidst their many recognisable products and designs. Besides the shape of the iPod and the Apple logo there's also Clarus the Dogcow, who was used in those aforementioned Apple printers nobody uses any more. Clarus was used in setup dialogue boxes to show the orientation of the paper if he was upside down, yo know that what you were printing would come out similarly. He would also appear in place of a Microsoft-style hourglass, wagging his tail as he waited for you to make disk copies. Created in 1983 by Apple designer Susan Kare, Clarus was designed to be half Holstein cow, half dog. With Macintosh interfaces getting more sleek and stylish and Jobs cutting the printer division decades ago, the noble Dogcow has all but gone extinct, with some fans even producing utilities to reinstate Clarus in his proper place.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
