Apple Computer Squashes Beatles

Posted on May 8, 2006

Apple Computer won an annoying, drawn-out courtroom battle against the Beatles when a judge ruled the company’s iTunes Music Store did not infringe on the trademark of Apple Corps, the Beatles umbrella organization. Apple Corps argued the computer company had violated a 1991 trademark agreement by moving into the music business. Even though Apple Corps is pretty much irrelevant these days, they felt that they could extort money...