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Apple Corps v Apple Computer

Index Apple Corps v Apple Computer

Between 1978 and 2006 there were a number of legal disputes between Apple Corps (owned by The Beatles) and the computer manufacturer Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) over competing trademark rights. [1]

44 relations: A moron in a hurry, Amiga, Apple Corps, Apple II series, Apple IIGS, Apple Inc., Apple Inc. litigation, Apple Records, BBC News, Bill Gates, Billboard (magazine), Breach of contract, Chief executive officer, CNET, Confusing similarity, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Data storage, EMI, Guy Goma, Guy Kewney, High Court of Justice, Holding company, IPhone, ITunes Store, Jeff Jones (music industry executive), Keynote, LegalZoom, Macintosh, Macworld, Microsoft, MIDI, Neil Aspinall, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, Random House, Rolling Stone, Sosumi, Steve Jobs, The Beatles, Trademark, Trademark infringement, Trial court, Two of Us (song), Vintage Books.

A moron in a hurry

A moron in a hurry is a legal test for trademark infringement or passing off in which a hypothetical person against whom a claimant's concern might be judged in a civil law action.

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Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Apple Corps

Apple Corps Ltd (informally known as Apple) is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in January 1968 by the members of the Beatles to replace their earlier company (Beatles Ltd) and to form a conglomerate.

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Apple II series

The Apple II series (trademarked with square brackets as "Apple.

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Apple IIGS

The Apple IIGS (styled as II), the fifth and most powerful model of the Apple II family, is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Computer, Inc.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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Apple Inc. litigation

The multinational technology corporation Apple Inc. has been a participant in various legal proceedings and claims since it began operation and, like its competitors and peers, engages in litigation in its normal course of business for a variety of reasons.

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Apple Records

Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Breach of contract

Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Confusing similarity

In trademark law, confusing similarity is a test used during the examination process to determine whether a trademark conflicts with another, earlier mark, and also in trademark infringement proceedings to determine whether the use of a mark infringes a registered trademark.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Data storage

Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Guy Goma

Guy Goma (born 1969) is a business studies graduate from Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo who was accidentally interviewed live on BBC News 24, a UK television news station, on Monday 8 May 2006.

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Guy Kewney

Guy Johan Kewney (30 April 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a British journalist, regarded by some as the first UK technology journalist.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Holding company

A holding company is a company that owns other companies' outstanding stock.

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IPhone

iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPhone line of products use Apple's iOS mobile operating system software.

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ITunes Store

The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, and has been the largest music vendor in the United States since April 2008, and the largest music vendor in the world since February 2010.

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Jeff Jones (music industry executive)

Jeff Jones is a music industry executive best known as the CEO of Apple Corps, the company founded by The Beatles.

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Keynote

A keynote in public speaking is a talk that establishes a main underlying theme.

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LegalZoom

LegalZoom.com, Inc. is an online legal technology company that provides legal solutions for families and small business.

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Macintosh

The Macintosh (pronounced as; branded as Mac since 1998) is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984.

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Macworld

Macworld is a web site dedicated to products and software of Apple Inc., published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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MIDI

MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related music and audio devices.

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Neil Aspinall

Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 24 March 2008) was a Welsh-born English music industry executive.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now

Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now is a 1997 biography of Paul McCartney by Barry Miles.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Sosumi

Sosumi is an alert sound introduced in Apple Inc.'s Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991, created by Jim Reekes.

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Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and business magnate.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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Trademark

A trademark, trade mark, or trade-markThe styling of trademark as a single word is predominantly used in the United States and Philippines only, while the two-word styling trade mark is used in many other countries around the world, including the European Union and Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth jurisdictions (although Canada officially uses "trade-mark" pursuant to the Trade-mark Act, "trade mark" and "trademark" are also commonly used).

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Trademark infringement

Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the licence).

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Trial court

A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place.

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Two of Us (song)

"Two of Us" is a 1969 song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney).

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Vintage Books

Vintage Books is a publishing imprint established in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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Apple Corps v. Apple Computer, Apple Corps v. Apple Inc., Apple v Apple, Apple v. Apple.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer

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