p2pnet.net News:- Apple Computer won’t be able to have the case brought by the Beatles’ management company against it moved from the UK to the US.

Steve Jobs named Apple after, well, Apple because The Beatles were (and maybe still are) his favourite group and Apple was their company.

John, Paul, George and Ringo weren’t impressed, though, and things ended in a 1981 Jobs’ Apple -vs- Beatles’ Apple trade mark infringement claim that was resolved out of court, with Apple Computer paying an undisclosed amount to Apple Corps. Jobs also agreed to restrict the use of his brand to computer products only.

But in 1989, it was once again Apple v Apple, this time over the use and sale of music-related software. The case settled two years later with a payment of $27 million and another restrictive agreement.

Now it’s Apple Corps -vs- Apple Computer again in a lawsuit which argues that iTunes infringes Apple Corp’s trade mark.

"A London High Court judge on Tuesday struck down Apple’s request to have the case heard by California courts," says a Reuters story here. "The computer maker argued the U.S. was the proper place for the hearing as this was where the original agreement between the two companies was struck."

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