



A 1991 settlement resulted in a $26 million payment by Apple Computer and an agreement to limit the use of the Apple trademark in the music business. In the most recent lawsuit, Apple Corps claimed that Apple Computer’s use of its trademark in advertising and software for the iTunes Music Store violates that agreement. The Beatles' company sought a judgment of liability and an injunction against Apple Computer.
Geoffrey Vos, a lawyer representing Apple Corps, argued in Britain’s High Court that characterizing the download system as an electronic device was a “perversion†of the constraints laid down in the agreement between the two companies. Steve Jobs, co-founder and chief executive of Apple Computer, has said the downloading of music from the Internet was the same as buying an LP in the modern world.



