The New York Times’ Matthew Healey has this item today about about a intermittent feud between the Beatle’s Apple Records and Apple Computer. The two companies will meet in court for the third time this week — Apple Corps, as the record company is called, first sued Apple Computer in 1980 over the Silicon Valley giant’s name.
In 1989, Apple Corps sued Apple Computer again, that time over the Mac’s ability to create, edit and play music, a suit that was settled in 1991 with an agreement, or so the record company contends, that blocks Apple Computer from selling music. When Apple launched iTunes in 2003, Apple Corps filed suit again for violating the 1991 agreement, and that case is slated to be heard in London this week.
While kind of fun to watch, this most recent case will probably be resolved in the same manner as all the other suits — with Apple Computer ponying up a pile of cash for Apple Corps. One sign-of-the-times tidbit: the judge hearing the case, Justice Edward Mann, owns an iPod.
Cynthia Brumfield at 8:16 AM|Comments(0)
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