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March 29, 2006

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Update: Apple vs. Apple

Posted Mar. 29, ’06, 12:36 PM PT by Scott Silverman
Category | Legal

applerecords.jpgA few days ago Cyrus reported on the case of Apple Corps vs. Apple Computer, where the former was alleged to be suing the latter over music distribution via the iTunes Music Store. However, new information from the case has risen directly from the mouth of Apple Corps’s (the Beatles’) lawyer, Geoffrey Vos. He has claimed the following in his opening argument:

Apple Computer can go into the recorded music business in any way they want. What they cannot do is use Apple [trade]marks to do it.
The case no longer seems to be about music distribution, as was thought before. Instead, Apple Corps is suing over the use of their apple logo, which they claim Apple Computer has used in violation of past agreements. As a demonstration of this violation, Vos showed an iTunes ad featuring the well-known, black and white, bitten Apple logo. The case will continue to unfold in London in the coming weeks.


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