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5 Times Apple Hit Legal Trouble Over Product Names
What's in a name? For Apple, a lot of legal trouble.
Time and time again, whenever Apple announces the name of a product, some other company comes out of the woodwork and claims that the name is already trademarked. Usually, the claims are puffed-up attempts to drum up a lawsuit and make money off the tech giant. Apple has seen its fair share of those kinds of lawsuits
However, sometimes the claims stand up in court, landing Apple in a tough spot, legally
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It’s been that way since the company's inception. In 1978, Apple Corps, a Beatles-founded company that owns record label Apple Records, sued the tech company for trademark infringement. Apple Computer eventually handed over $80,000 to settle the spat in 1981. Read more...
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