Apple Corps

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Apple Corps is a multimedia corporation founded by the Beatles in 1968 to manage their business interests and creative projects, including their record label Apple Records.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apple Corps canonical 8
Apple Corps Ltd. 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multimedia corporation
record company holding company
associatedWith Beatles archival projects
Beatles merchandising
The Beatles catalogue reissues
country United Kingdom
foundedAs Apple Corps self-linksurface differs
surface form: Apple Corps Ltd.
foundedBy George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
hasLogo green Granny Smith apple logo
hasPart Apple Records label operations
film and video production activities
music publishing activities
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
inception 1968
industry entertainment industry
film production
multimedia
music industry
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalDispute Apple Corps v. Apple Computer
legalDisputeSubject trademark rights to the name Apple in music-related fields
legalDisputeWith Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple Computer

Apple Inc.
legalForm limited company
locatedIn Savile Row
surface form: Savile Row, London (historical headquarters)
notableEmployee Allen Klein
Derek Taylor
Neil Aspinall
notableWork Let It Be film production
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour film production

The Beatles 1 compilation album
surface form: The Beatles 1 compilation project

"The Beatles Anthology" production work
surface form: The Beatles Anthology project

The Beatles remastered catalogue
Rock Band
surface form: The Beatles: Rock Band project
ownerOf The Beatles image and likeness rights (selected rights)
The Beatles discography
surface form: The Beatles recordings (selected rights)

The Beatles trademark rights
purpose manage The Beatles business interests
manage The Beatles creative projects
settlement 1991 trademark agreement with Apple Computer
2007 trademark settlement with Apple Inc.
subsidiary Apple Electronics
Apple Films
Apple Records

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan Aldridge workedWith Apple Corps
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years associatedWith Apple Corps
this entity surface form: Apple Corps Ltd.
Apple Records parentOrganization Apple Corps
Apple Records partOf Apple Corps
Apple Records imprintOf Apple Corps
Apple Corps foundedAs Apple Corps self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Apple Corps Ltd.
Pete Shotton employer Apple Corps
Neil Aspinall employer Apple Corps
Giles Martin associatedWith Apple Corps