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> However, if the gentleman from Clapham is unable to distinguish between an apple grown in Switzerland and a piece of computing machinery manufactured in China
by varjag 3y ago
> However, if the gentleman from Clapham is unable to distinguish between an apple grown in Switzerland and a piece of computing machinery manufactured in China according to a design from California, one wonders whether a trademark would be of any help to him.
Apple Records would like to have a word.
- fmajid 3y agoThe Beatles extorted Apple Computer, twice, for their trademark.
- kramerger 3y agoApple Computer broke the first agreement that stated they would never get in the music business You know, like iTunes...
- another2another 3y agoYeah? Sosumi (I actually loved that sound and used it on my Performa Mac lots)
- tdy721 3y agoBecause Steve took the name off a Beatles Album. It wasn't extortion
- HWR_14 3y agoTook the name from the Beatles [edited thanks to pdpi] corporation, with its own trademarks.
- pdpi 3y agoBeatles, not Beetles. It's a dumb pun on "beat".
- lost_tourist 3y agoIt's a band name, not a scholarly article title
- gwbas1c 3y agoHe got the idea up on a farm when he did an Apple fast. I suspect LSD was involved.
- vGPU 3y agoI’d be more surprised if LSD wasn't involved.
- philistine 3y agoDo we need an origin story for coming up with the word Apple? I mean, it’s an Apple.