Apple Computer may use Apple logo on iTunes
Ruling has no broader trademark significance
Laptop Battery By Joe Vanden Plas • 05/08/06
London, England - A British court has ruled in favor of an
American computer giant in its long-running legal battle with Apple
Corps, Ltd., a company the Beatles established in the 1960s to
protect their commercial interests.
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Thinkpad Judge Edward Mann ruled that Apple Computer, Inc. is entitled to
use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store, rejecting a suit
filed by Apple Corps. The dispute, which centered on a 1991
agreement, offers nothing new of any legal significance in the area
of trademark law, according to a Wisconsin attorney.
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Microsoft Apple Corps was started by the Beatles in 1968 and is still
owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the widow of John Lennon, and
the estate of George Harrison. The British firm uses a shiny green
apple as its logo, while Apple Computer has a cartoon-like apple
with a bite taken out.
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Laptop Computers The 1991 agreement ended previous litigation over the logo.
Apple Computer told the court that it paid the Beatles' company
$26.5 million as part of the out-of-court settlement, and in return
it had received a considerably expanded field of use. Apple
Computer's iPods were introduced in October 2001, and the iTunes
music store opened in the United States in April 2003. It now is
available in Europe, Australia, Japan, and Canada.
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Laptop Computer During the hearing, lawyers for each side fought over
advertisements for iTunes featuring musical acts U2, Eminem, and
Coldplay - ads which used the logo. Apple Corps argued that the
U.S. company had broken the agreement in which each pledged not to
enter into the other's field of business. Lawyers for Apple
Computer countered that it was conducting its business legally and
that music fans are smart enough to tell the difference between the
logos.
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Desktop Computer Mann, who admitted to owning an iPod, ruled that Apple Computer
used the fruit logo in association with the store, not the music,
and therefore did not breach the agreement. "I conclude that the
use of the apple logo... does not suggest a relevant connection
with the creative work," Mann said in a written opinion. "I think
that the use of the Apple logo is a fair and reasonable use of the
mark in connection with the service, which does not go further and
unfairly or unreasonably suggest an additional association with the
creative works themselves."
Notebooks Attorney Rob Petershack, a partner with Michael Best &
Friedrich, said a settlement agreement is a way to resolve a
lawsuit, but it's also a contract. "It was in front of the English
courts, essentially, and it appears as though the judge there ruled
that the Apple fruit logo was used only in connection with the
store and not the music, and thus didn't breach the agreement,"
Petershack said. "There's nothing that I can see that is
extraordinarily unusual that would be of wider application than
just to this particular suit."
Lenovo Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, said the ruling would be
appealed. "We felt that during the course of the trial we clearly
demonstrated just how extensively Apple Computer has broken the
agreement," he said in a statement.
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