Apple Corps v. Apple Computer
E743236
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer was a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits between the Beatles’ record company and the technology firm over the use of the “Apple” name and logo in music-related products and services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Corps v. Apple Computer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8556323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Apple Corps v. Apple Computer Context triple: [Apple Corps, legalDispute, Apple Corps v. Apple Computer]
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Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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Microsoft Corp. v. United States
Microsoft Corp. v. United States is a landmark legal case in which the U.S. government’s authority to compel a technology company to produce customer data stored on foreign servers under U.S. law was contested.
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C.
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
United States v. Microsoft Corp. was a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the late 1990s and early 2000s that challenged Microsoft's dominance in the personal computer operating systems market, particularly its practices related to bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
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Apple Corps
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.
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E.
MCI v. AT&T
MCI v. AT&T was a landmark U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the telecommunications industry that challenged AT&T’s monopoly and helped open the long-distance market to competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Apple Corps v. Apple Computer Target entity description: Apple Corps v. Apple Computer was a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits between the Beatles’ record company and the technology firm over the use of the “Apple” name and logo in music-related products and services.
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A.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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B.
Microsoft Corp. v. United States
Microsoft Corp. v. United States is a landmark legal case in which the U.S. government’s authority to compel a technology company to produce customer data stored on foreign servers under U.S. law was contested.
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C.
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
United States v. Microsoft Corp. was a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the late 1990s and early 2000s that challenged Microsoft's dominance in the personal computer operating systems market, particularly its practices related to bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
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D.
Apple Corps
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.
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E.
MCI v. AT&T
MCI v. AT&T was a landmark U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the telecommunications industry that challenged AT&T’s monopoly and helped open the long-distance market to competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court case
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legal dispute ⓘ trademark lawsuit ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
use of Apple trademarks in computers
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use of Apple trademarks in music distribution ⓘ use of Apple trademarks in online music services ⓘ |
| field |
music industry
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technology industry ⓘ |
| hasContext |
emergence of digital music distribution
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rise of personal computers with audio capabilities ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influenced Apple’s branding strategy for iTunes
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influenced drafting of technology–entertainment trademark coexistence agreements ⓘ |
| hasPart |
1978 Apple Corps v. Apple Computer lawsuit
NERFINISHED
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1981 settlement between Apple Corps and Apple Computer ⓘ 1989–1991 litigation over music capabilities of Apple computers ⓘ 2003–2006 iTunes-related litigation ⓘ |
| involvesParty |
Apple Computer Inc
NERFINISHED
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Apple Corps Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ Apple Inc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesPartyRole |
Apple Computer Inc as defendant
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Apple Corps Ltd as plaintiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | civil litigation ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
scope of trademark rights
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trademark coexistence agreement interpretation ⓘ use of the Apple logo in music-related products ⓘ use of the Apple name in music-related products ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
intellectual property law
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trademark law ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-profile conflict between a record company and a technology firm
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impact on branding of Apple’s music products ⓘ public attention due to involvement of The Beatles’ company ⓘ |
| outcome |
Apple Inc obtained rights to use Apple name and logo for digital music services
NERFINISHED
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clarification of trademark rights over the Apple name in music ⓘ multiple settlements between the parties ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Apple Corps v. Apple Computer (2006 High Court decision in England) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Apple Corps Ltd
NERFINISHED
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Apple Inc NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Apple Corps v. Apple Computer Description of subject: Apple Corps v. Apple Computer was a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits between the Beatles’ record company and the technology firm over the use of the “Apple” name and logo in music-related products and services.
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