http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/08/money-cant-buy-me-trademarks/ Information, Law, and the Law of Information Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:34:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/08/money-cant-buy-me-trademarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4740 Info/Law » Apple & Apple: “We Can Work It Out” Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:21:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/08/money-cant-buy-me-trademarks/#comment-4740 [...] The media is reporting a settlement in the long-running trademark dispute between Apple Inc. (of iPod fame) and Apple Corps. (of Beatles fame). The Fab Four’s corporate alter ego had objected to the computer-maker’s increasing move into music, alleging that the two parties’ 1991 settlement of a previous lawsuit reserved that turf for Lennon & McCartney, not Jobs & Wozniak. The computer company had won the most recent round of litigation last may in England, but the lawyers for the lads from Liverpool had appealed that ruling. The general assumption seems to be that, even if the folks at the California-based Apple thought they were going to win the appeal too, they had a more important goal in mind: finally getting the Beatles onto iTunes! The press release announcing the settlement hints as much. [...] [...] The media is reporting a settlement in the long-running trademark dispute between Apple Inc. (of iPod fame) and Apple Corps. (of Beatles fame). The Fab Four’s corporate alter ego had objected to the computer-maker’s increasing move into music, alleging that the two parties’ 1991 settlement of a previous lawsuit reserved that turf for Lennon & McCartney, not Jobs & Wozniak. The computer company had won the most recent round of litigation last may in England, but the lawyers for the lads from Liverpool had appealed that ruling. The general assumption seems to be that, even if the folks at the California-based Apple thought they were going to win the appeal too, they had a more important goal in mind: finally getting the Beatles onto iTunes! The press release announcing the settlement hints as much. [...]

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