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Article: Battle brews for Apple pie.(Apple Computer Inc., Apple Corps Ltd., trademark case)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- March 30, 2006
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Two cultural icons--the Beatles and Apple Computer--opened their legal battle Wednesday over who has the fights to use the image of an apple to promote music.
The Apple vs. Apple trial started with a detailed chronology of the Fab Four, their record company Apple Corps and Apple Computer, which entered the music business via its iTunes store and iPod player.
Addressing High Court Justice Edward Mann, lawyer Geoffrey Vos said a 1991 agreement specifically stated the computer firm could not use its trademark to sell music. Both parties, Vos noted, had agreed to strict trademark conditions whereby they would both stick to their "core fields of use," ...