On Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 08:52 AM, Jason Schneiderman wrote:
>> But those uses are in different industries. "Apple" is a trademark
>> both in
>> music and in computers; but I would not recommend starting "Apple
>> Software"
>> or "Apple Tunes" as business names.
>
> Funny you should mention those two choices; wasn't there a suit in the
> early 80's between Apple Computer and Apple Music, the Beatles' former
> label?
Yes. I don't have the cite handy, but the end result was that they
settled, and Apple Computer is not allowed to go into the music business
and Apple Music is not allowed to go into the computer business.
(ObRhetorical: Hmm, I wonder if the agreement has been revisited, with
Apple's release of iTunes?)
--
Kevin Tatroe
www.islandspirits.com
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