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Apple Corps lose lawsuit against Apple Computer
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Apple Records
All Beatles, all the time.
No sharing the profits with anyone else!
I would think it would cost a lot to come up with the store but that would be a one time cost.
I can see them not wanting to involve any other company, especially Apple Computer Inc.!
Apple Corps are rumoured to be starting their own download site.netdog said:
All Beatles, all the time.
No sharing the profits with anyone else!
I would think it would cost a lot to come up with the store but that would be a one time cost.
I can see them not wanting to involve any other company, especially Apple Computer Inc.!
The full judgement for those interested in legalese is now up on the Times website.
It's an interesting read from a clued-up judge although I'm sure an appeal will be pending!
It's an interesting read from a clued-up judge although I'm sure an appeal will be pending!
jacobj said:Apart from the fact that they are primarily owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison. Other than that they have nothing to do with the Beatles.
I'm aware of that, but they don't seem to be the movers and the shakers behind all this litigation, unless they are quietly towing the party line held by the record industry and thei more business-minded colleagues at Apple Corps. Plus, as you pointed out, they aren't really "active", just managing a catalogue. I think that the name link between the two companies is pretty tenuous and nobody is confused between the two.
Good to see that Apple Computers won this round. Perhaps this will discourage Apple Corp. from filing yet another lawsuit about this stuff.
Also, did anyone else catch that the judge's name was Justice Mann? That's classic.
Also, did anyone else catch that the judge's name was Justice Mann? That's classic.
Atlasland said:
I thought the same - it seems they could hardly have asked for a more sympathetic judge!
hard to believe
Hard to believe they couldn't come up with some way to market their catalogue in a highly distinguishable way on iTunes. Wouldn't it make more sense for them to use an already established distribution network? Is running such a network really a one-time cost? Aren't there bandwidth costs, employee overhead, server costs, software development costs, etc.?
Well, they are The Beatles, I guess they can do what they want!
davey-nb said:
Hard to believe they couldn't come up with some way to market their catalogue in a highly distinguishable way on iTunes. Wouldn't it make more sense for them to use an already established distribution network? Is running such a network really a one-time cost? Aren't there bandwidth costs, employee overhead, server costs, software development costs, etc.?
Well, they are The Beatles, I guess they can do what they want!
netdog said:
Michael Jackson owns the copyright to a lot of Beatles songs and he has already cut his nose off, so nothing more to loose there.....
Macrumors said:
The BBC reports that the Apple Corps have lost their lawsuit against Apple Computer. Mr Justice Edward Mann, the presiding judge on the case, ruled that Apple Computer used its Apple logo in association with its store and not the music itself, and was therefore not in breach of trademark agreements made in previous decades.
According to the BBC, Apple Corps is planning to appeal the case.
How long will it be that Apple Corps decide that using the word Core will be an infringement??
Sonofhaig said:
What a generalisation, eh?
US lawyers have a reputation for being cash grabbing slimy gits who'll do anything possible in courts - probably because of their tv/film portrayl. Now I grew up down in England, where my mother and father are both lawyers in their own firm, and they, and every laywer I met during my five year employment there and visiting conferences, are nothing of the sort. I absolutely hate this generalisation, and have no time for the small minded idiots who think they're all the same.
Think before you open your mouth, and then, don't bother.
bigandy said:
I agree. You'll be very thankful for a good lawyer once you're blamed for something you did't do (or something you did
). However I think justice was right (great name for a judge btw). Hopefully this was the lasse of Apple vs Apple, but I fear we will hear about it again.
I read the title wrong and almost spit out my breakfast! ...but, then I read it again and rejoiced. I'm glad everything is now settled, Apple doesn't need to worry about such nonsense, now they can focus on more things, like a new Newton
