Apple Corps told Apple to change its name to something else if it wished to continue producing music making machines. In 1991 a settlement of $26.5 million was reached but this time around it has been hinted that the figure may be much higher. "People are expecting this to be the biggest settlement anywhere in legal history, outside of a class action suit," said a lawyer. "The numbers could be mindboggling."
When the iTunes music store opened for business in the United States, a new lawsuit started with Mr Justice Mann, the High Court judge. Strangely enough, the judge remarked that he owns an iPod. Apple Corps are claiming that the hardware manufacturer is in breach of an agreement, which would forbid them from using the trademark for any application whose principal content is music, e.g. iTunes.
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Telegraph
Written by: James Delahunty @ 13 Sep 2004 21:36
