The roots of this litigation date back to 1991 when upstart Cupertino, California-based Apple Computer made an agreement with the London-based Apple record label founded by former Beatles, McCartney, Starr and Harrison. Due to potential marketplace confusion that might result between the two similarly named entities, Apple Computer signed an agreement that essentially, according to Apple Records, precluded the computer manufacturer for entering the music business. Millions of iPods and a billion music downloads later, Apple Records is somehow under the impression that Apple Computer.

Hence the lawsuit.

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- MDT

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