Apple sued by Beatles!!!!!

[Agathon]

Yeah, it's true.

Read about it at Faux News

Haven't lawyers got anything better to do.

[chequita guevara]

They have to protect their trademark or they lose it. Apple should have known better since they've been sued and lost twice.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Interesting:

The result of the suit was a huge cash settlement and a promise that the Apple logo and name would only be used for computers -- and never for a music company.

This may be a close case. Based on the last case (that Apple lost), they may have to pay big bucks for the iPod.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
They have to protect their trademark or they lose it. Apple should have known better since they've been sued and lost twice.

But it's absurd to trademark an Apple. There are heaps of companies called Apple this and Apple that.

I mean Eve is going to sue them all.

[chequita guevara]

I don't see why they should have lost the first case, but once they got involed with music, they should have known they were courting a lawsuit. You can't use the same trademark and sell the same product. You can be Apple or you can sell usic. You can't do both unless you're Apple Records.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But it's absurd to trademark an Apple. There are heaps of companies called Apple this and Apple that.

They didn't trademark an Apple. They trademarked the corporate name 'Apple' for the music business. Makes sense.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

But it's absurd to trademark an Apple. There are heaps of companies called Apple this and Apple that.

They didn't trademark an Apple. They trademarked the corporate name 'Apple' for the music business. Makes sense.

AppleCorp doesn't sell records: it makes, presses and distributes them to companies that do. If the Beatles want to make themselves look like total ****s that's their business.

I imagine there'll be some sort of settlement over this. The last case was really stupid: they sued Apple Computer because the latter sold a computer with speakers.

[Imran Siddiqui]

AppleCorp doesn't sell records: it makes, presses and distributes them to companies that do.

That isn't part of the music business?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

AppleCorp doesn't sell records: it makes, presses and distributes them to companies that do.

That isn't part of the music business?

AppleCorps is a boutique label set up to give the Beatles more money than they were getting from Parlophone.

I can't see why Jobs and co would be worried about this - no doubt they've costed it in already. Apple Computer could easily afford to buy Apple records out anyway - they were in talks to buy Universal Music this year.

Soon the music business will be a division of the computer business anyway given digital music, so AppleCorps position will become untenable. I imagine that's why they are striking now instead of waiting for the iTMS to hit Windows.

[Japher]

Counter suit...

Deja Vu.

There must of been a change to the matrix.

[Dinner]

I'm still trying to figure out how "The Fab Four" translates into Apple.

The other thing is although Agathon says he hates Fox he seems to be reading it on a regular basis.

[JohnT]

I have to tell you, being successfully sued by a record company for putting speakers on your computers shows that you possibly have the crappiest lawyers in the history of lawyerdom.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Soon the music business will be a division of the computer business anyway given digital music

Perhaps, but perhaps not. They still may be seperate businesses even if digital music proliferates.

I have to tell you, being successfully sued by a record company for putting speakers on your computers shows that you possibly have the crappiest lawyers in the history of lawyerdom.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by JohnT
I have to tell you, being successfully sued by a record company for putting speakers on your computers shows that you possibly have the crappiest lawyers in the history of lawyerdom.

The story I've heard is that the judge was some old moron who didn't know what a computer was.

[JohnT]

And you know, Imran, Apple had to have the crappiest lawyers not once, but twice. The first set should've put some sort of clause in the agreement along the lines of "from this day forward, Apple Computer has the right to...", thereby eliminating any future hassles along this line.

Then they get the craptacular lawyers again who lose the speaker lawsuit. How the hell did they lose that one?