The Beatles (well, their label Apple Records) was in a long running trademark dispute with Apple [Computer] which went back and forth for decades. http://en.wi

The Beatles (well, their label Apple Records) was in a long running trademark dispute with Apple [Computer] which went back and forth for decades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer If you ever wondered why it took so long for The Beatles to be sold in the iTunes store it's mostly because of the litigation and bad blood between the two parties. I imagine that cold, hard cash healed all wounds.