May 2006 – EntertainmentLawyer.Pro™

Apple Corps v. iTunes

Posted on 05/08/2006 by Elliot Zimmerman

London. Apple Computer won its courtroom battle against the Beatles on May 8, 2006 when Mr. Jusitce Mann found no breach of a 1991 out-of-court settlement agreement between Apple Computer and Apple Corps, which included a $26 million payment by Apple Computer and set out areas in which each party would have exclusive use of their respective logos. The Court ruled that Apple Computer’s iTunes was primarily a data transmission service and permitted by the Continue reading Apple Corps v. iTunes→

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