Apple Computer, Beatles Record Label Back in U.K. Court This Week

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2006 - 11:55am.

New York - The Beatles' record label, Apple Corps, will be in court again this week for a case that will determine whether Apple Computer violated an agreement between the two companies over the use of the Apple trademark in the music business, The New York Times reported. This is Apple Corps' third lawsuit against the iPod maker, which in 1991 paid over $26 million to the label to settle the second lawsuit -- at the same time promising not to enter the music business. Apple Computer was sued for the third time in 2003, after it launched its successful iTunes music download store; the hearing this week will determine whether Apple's forays into the music industry violate its 1991 agreement with Apple Corps.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/technology/27apple.html
http://www.applecorps.com