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Re: Re^2: Xerox sues Apple!!!

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From: Alien Wells
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 19:23
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BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:

>Hey!!!
>Don't forget that Apple are still in the courts over the stupid mistake of
>suing the Beatles company Apple for the use of their trade name. (The name
>Apple was licenced by the computer company FROM the Beatles company, and as it
>turns out, the licence had lapsed and was being used without authorisation.)
>As I understand it, the suit is for $10,000,000 +.

>They really need to BOMB someone in their legal dept!!

Actually, I don't think they let it lapse.  I believe that Beatle-Apple is 
claiming that the license only covered the use of the name 'Apple' for 
products not related to the music industry.  Their claim is that the Mac
has sound capabilities that essentially put the Mac into the music industry
in violation of the license.
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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
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Subject: Re: Re^2: Xerox sues Apple!!!
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Date: 15 Jan 90 19:23:41 GMT
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