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JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-30-2006
Dateline: LONDON


The Beatles perform in this undated file photo. The record label they formed in the '60s, Apple Corps Ltd., claims Apple Computer Inc. violated an agreement by getting into the music business with the hugely successful iPod player. A lawsuit filed by Apple Corps will be heard by a London judge beginning Wednesday. (AP Photo, File)

A lawyer for Apple Computer Inc. dismissed as ridiculous Thursday a long-running trademark infringement claim by another cultural icon, The Beatles' Apple Corps recording label.

"Even a moron in a hurry could not be mistaken about that," the distinction between the computer company's ...

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