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From: rich@ultra.com (Rich Fall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re^2: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <1989Dec20.012543.28240@ultra.com>
Date: 20 Dec 89 01:25:43 GMT
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BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:

>Hey!!!
>Don't forget that Apple are still in the courts over the stupid mistake of
>suing the Beatles company Apple for the use of their trade name. (The name
>Apple was licenced by the computer company FROM the Beatles company, and as it
>turns out, the licence had lapsed and was being used without authorisation.)
>As I understand it, the suit is for $10,000,000 +.

>They really need to BOMB someone in their legal dept!!

FYI:

    Apple Core (the "Beatles" company) sued Apple Computer, not the other
way around, as alleged above.  Also, the figure ($10,000,000) is a little off.
I believe they sued for more than what Xerox is using for ($150,000,000).
A little silly, don't you think?

    Also, in obvious contradiction to the pervailing beliefs of many posters
on the net, Apple Computer DOES license some of Xerox's technology used in
the Mac line.