Re: Who owns the Apple II brand

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

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> First, their is no "copyright" on a name, it could only be a

Copyright can only refer to an intellectual property like a sound
recording or a software program.

> "trademark" in conjunction with a logo.

Apple would definitely fall under the Trademark heading.

> And that Apple Computers can claim that their logo is a registered
> trademark, is due to the fact that they got an agreement in 1981 with
> Apple Records (which registered their logo first, 1967/1968?), that
> they can keep their name AND logo (the apple with the bite), as long
> as Apple Computers has nothing to do with music. There was a later
> court battle between Apple computers and Apple Records (1989/1990?),
> because of some audio supporting features in Macintosh computers (MIDI
> support?, can't remember right now), but this was also settled out of
> court quickly, with Apple Computers paying Apple Records.

I thought that battle was in the 1986-87 timeframe in regards to the
Ensoniq chip inside the Apple IIgs.  Apple Records claimed that
Apple Computer was infringing upon the terrain of musical recording
which according to the earlier agreement with Apple Computer
that they would not.  Apple Records feared that Apple Computer
would embrace recording with the inclusion of sound capabilities
in their new machines.  Hence, violating their earlier agreement not
to compete with Apple Records.
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