Beatles lose Apple court battle

**Twisted Dave** · 05-08-2006, 02:58 AM

LOL...

Both companies are greedy ... it's the nature of companies .... money...

**DVTimes** · 05-08-2006, 03:06 AM

But in this case the Beatles were just being petty.

**SmokeyTheBear** · 05-08-2006, 03:11 AM

i was just about to post this haha , im really suprised, i thought they had a cut and dry case

I wonder how many other companies that share names will now start branching out into their competitors fields

**SmokeyTheBear** · 05-08-2006, 03:13 AM

Originally posted by allanuk

But in this case the Beatles were just being petty.

petty ? how do you mean , the beatles let them use the name as long as they didnt do anything music related. , then apple waited a few years lied and did what they promised they wouldn't do..

**SmokeyTheBear** · 05-08-2006, 03:15 AM

like if i was a "plumber" and wanted to open up a plumbing store called "thuhun" so i paid "thehun" to get his permission to use his name for my plumbing store as longas i didnt open anythinbg related to XXX , then i turned around and opened a website called THEHUN , dont you think thehun has a right to be pissed

**Brujah** · 05-08-2006, 03:43 AM

I don't think they should be allowed to use generic words that way in the first place. If you use a generic word for your company, you should be forced to waive the right to sue another company later who wants to use a generic word too. Maybe that's a little more extreme, but you get the idea.

Like if they want to call their company 'Company', they have to deal with it all the others who use it too.

Beatles lose Apple court battle

Beatles lose Apple court battle

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