Beatles lose court fight with Apple

The Beatles have come up short in their bid to prevent Apple from using their name and logo in association with any music related products. The London court found that because Apple used their logo in advertising their store – not the music contained therein, that they were within their fair use rights.

The Beatles lawsuit was considered by many to be a slam dunk for Apple Corps., the music label created by the Beatles in the late 60′s. Prior agreements between Apple Corps. and Apple Computer have allowed Apple to use the “Apple” name on computer products, but prevented it’s use on any product that was music related.

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