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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: APPLE 800 LINE (Macintosh TM)
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Date: 5 Nov 90 23:15:15 GMT
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dale@pro-gateway.cts.com (Dale Therio, Co-SysOp) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
>
>Apple Computer purchased the rights to Macintosh from McIntosh Labs (the folks
>that make all that high end audio stuff) over 1 year ago.
>
>When you trademark a name you trademark it for a certain type of product. 
>That is why one company can trademark "Classic" for a soft drink and another
>for a computer.
>

    Then why is Apple still pursuing Apple Corps (the Beatles' recording
company) over the matter of copyright and other legal tangles?  I just read in
today's paper that Apple Computer claims the copyright is longer valid since
the Beatles have disbanded.  Stranger and stranger...

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