Apple vs Apple – No decision…. yet.
Bloomberg News reports that the “A British lawsuit between Apple Computer Inc. and the Beatles’ music company, Apple Corps Ltd., concluded Wednesday, with the presiding judge saying he would issue his decision at a later date.
The lawsuit, the third between the two companies over the past three decades, relates to Apple Computer’s iTunes online music store. Apple Corps claims the service, which has sold more than 1 billion songs, violates a 1991 agreement giving the Beatles’ firm the exclusive right to use the apple name and logo in connection with musical works.
The Beatles have used the apple name since 1967, while Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, the company’s chief executive officer, and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976.
Apple Computer denies wrongdoing and claims that iTunes is a software delivery and broadcasting service permitted under the agreement.
Justice Edward Mann told the court Wednesday that he hoped to deliver his judgment shortly after the court’s Easter break.”
