Comments on: When Apple Records sued Apple Computer https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: neo https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/#comment-57292 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:02:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39523#comment-57292 so um

do you prefer the Tandy 1000 tl or Apple IIGS

]]> By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/#comment-57289 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:20:09 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39523#comment-57289 In reply to neo.

I spent a whole section of the blog post answering that question.

]]> By: neo https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/#comment-57284 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:54:20 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39523#comment-57284 Apple IIGS had better sound and color graphics and GUI vs Mac, in 1987,

why buy Mac when IIgs was better?

]]> By: Jon https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/#comment-57282 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:28:18 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39523#comment-57282 In reply to Shirley Dulcey.

The UK Parliament passed the Trade Marks Act 1994 after which trademarks in England and Wales last ten years and have to be re-registered at cost thereafter. But Apple Corps must have brought this case under the old 1930s system which was still in force at the time.

]]> By: Shirley Dulcey https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/#comment-57280 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 02:18:57 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39523#comment-57280 Part of the problem was caused by differences between US and British trademark law. In the US, trademark is “use it or lose it”, and Apple Corps hadn’t used their trademark for years. Under US law it was a dead trademark, and Apple Computer would have been free to use the name for ANY purpose.

But in British law, trademark is forever. Despite the fact that Apple Corps had conducted no business activity for years, they still had the right to the name, and thus the right to extort money from Apple Computer — multiple times. I believe that they should have gotten NOTHING from any of the suits.

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