Re: Who owns the Apple II brand

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

EddieG wrote:
> 
> "usenet" <usenet@usenet.org> wrote in message
> usenet-0308011326530001@162-nas-cdn.ilos.net">news:usenet-0308011326530001@162-nas-cdn.ilos.net...
> > In article <usenet-0308011323060001@162-nas-cdn.ilos.net>,
> > usenet@usenet.org (usenet) lied:
> > > To put your question to bed: Apple Computer, Inc. never "sold away" and
> > > Apple II trademarks or copyrights.
> >
> >
> > The above reply was supposed to read:
> > To put your question to bed: Apple Computer, Inc. never "sold away" ANY
> > Apple II trademarks or copyrights.
> 
> Apple didn't own the "Apple" copyright to begin with. In Paul McCartney's
> autoboigraphy, Many Years From Now, he says that one of the first things The
> Beatles did when they set up Apple was to copyright the name, which was then
> licensed to Apple later on. So the Apple copyright was never theirs to sell.
>
Errm...do you mean "copyright" or "trademark"...because IMHO "Apple" is a
trademark...

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