When Apple Got Sued by The Beatles - The History of the 30 Year Trademark Dispute

[@zerotype6122]

You just missed the part when all The Beatles catalog went to the iTunes and Steve Jobs made a huge event to annaunce it. I remenber this event was clearly a victory event to him.

[@DailyCorvid]

Well it is kind of good for Steve Jobs isn't it... He paid £500M to buy rights to the name Apple. Then licenced it back so they effectively *got it for free* . Think about it, they literally jacked the name Apple from it's rightful holder and then made the victim pay to have it back lol it's sheer brilliance. Not to mention every time they digitally sell a song they make money there too and Apple records have to stick to physical media!! LOL.

[@tehshingen]

Yep that was a Very Big Thing to those in the know

[@AdamChristensen]

Was waiting for the sosumi moment. Did not disappoint.

[@gabrielalongoria7130]

It was so petty😂

[@PaleozoicProductions]

Apple: *lies down in pleasure with dead victims in room around the throne* Apple: Suing day! Le- Beatles: Let us introduce us ourselves

[@bioskahabinivous9906]

Le Beatles!

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

Lol

[@scottwilson419]

Dude your history lessons are getting better and better, loving this format.

[@MichaelMJD]

Glad to hear that!

[@jonathanthegreat2008]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@jonathanthegreat2008]

@@MichaelMJD, love you, Michael! Your historicity of software, hardware, and other things is an interesting and amazing thing! Keep it up! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ 👍

[@Uzedrname]

Anyone up for a match of Apples vs Apples?

[@GBrayJ]

ChickenZed Apple VS Apple?

[@mattjw16]

@Drew whoooosh

[@bittylifts]

@ i did it for him

[@JimmyEsposito]

Drew No

[@stephenferla]

I already know apples will win the fight obviously theres no point

[@LoganE01]

for those wonder 2:28 "they didn't actually own a grocery store just a small boutique in London that was open for 7 months"...... i left around the 2nd quick text good luck who ever does the rest.

[@mayhair]

The second quicktext is 'i know this isn't the official logo'.

[@motap4935]

Lmao i was about to comment this

[@Goigigandfriends]

Thank you logan

[@Zach4332]

That text flashed too fast. Disliking video. It’s too hard to pause at the exact right time on mobile, and there is not reason for it to flash that quickly. If I spend 10 minutes of my time on a video, it should be enjoyable to watch, without frustrating flashing text.

[@gasun1274]

@@Zach4332 boomer

[@BrandonGiesing]

Looking at the document, I don't even think iTunes should've been effected in the first place, it specifically says "physical media such as a compact disc". Digital mp3's aren't physical media.

[@mattjw16]

*affected

[@Jonesy1701]

@Merlin the M.S. Empathizer Yes they do. Proper grammar is essential.

[@tridovsky]

@@Jonesy1701 this isnt your fucking boss*

[@Jonesy1701]

@@tridovsky Okay? Grammar is still essential.

[@KylesDigitalLab]

Great documentary. I would watch a 1+ hour documentary film if you narrated it. Like history of Windows or something.

[@stephenferla]

I cant imagine the beatles entering the computer business, that made me laugh

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Why not? Computers have bugs. 😁

[@staringcorgi6475]

They had apple electronics which was very small and only produced 1 product

[@stormblade4201]

Looks like Apple got a taste of their own medicine getting sued. Great Video Michael

[@bocahdongo7769]

Or other way around, the history of getting sued made Apple now

[@b3c8143]

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[@crokobos]

the text at 2:28 reads "they didn't actually own a grocerry store just a small boutique in London that was open for 7 months" Now you dont have to use x0.25 speed

[@crokobos]

@Katz Meowski Thanks, no homo

[@Raj_Dave]

@@crokobos lmao

[@augamemerald6059]

7:03 Mr Justice Mann

[@vmoonbeam6571]

I was very curious about this, searched it up, you are only video I found on the subject. Really well researched and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@MichaelMJD]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@zzxd7720]

If they could. I bet they would sue you for planting an apple tree on the backyard. How can a company want to get something as simple as the image of a fruit for only themselves?

[@DailyCorvid]

Because Lawyers, the end. Lawyers need jobs you know!

[@joevaghn457]

The Apple Inc apple is a distinct picture. Any other apples wouldn’t matter

[@arilagi]

2:27 : they didn't actually own a grocery store just a small boutique in london that was open for 7 months (for people who miss a fraction of secs on that time)

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

I've been just randomly clicking on vids that seem interesting and I came across Michael with the windows 12 video which I had a great laugh with, and I've just been bingeing a few of his videos and I decided to look at the view count and was SHOCKED this is a million view quality vid for sure!!!

[@OBrasilo]

There's also the story of the Brazilian IPhone which predated the Apple iPhone, and whose trademark owners sues Apple at a Brazilian court. The judge sided with Apple because they liked Apple's product more.

[@okknahh]

2:28 they didn't actually own a grocery store just a small boutique in London that was open for 7 months

[@pedrotski]

I love these history videos mate. Love all your vids keep it up. This kind of reminds me of LGR tech tales.

[@Syreyup]

you missed the opportunity to name this video "How Apple Sued Apple"

[@papeleradereciclaje4375]

This channel has a long and bright future. Keep up the excellent work!

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks so much!

[@robinreel2879]

6:59 "Mr Justice Mann"

[@brennandoherty1778]

Great video Michael 👍 I really like these history videos. Especially on topics that are not covered much. Keep up the good work sir

[@MichaelMJD]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for the comment.

[@cmyk8964]

Speaking of Apple and trademark, there is a Japanese camera doorbell brand called “Eyephone”, and Japanese words are spelled phonetically. So Apple has to pay a yearly license fee to them to use the name “iPhone”.

[@pakyou-e6t]

2:45 "i know this isnt the official logo"

[@Twintania]

you should make a video on websites that still work on old computers and are designed for them like windows 98/95 era, i know the nostalgia mall made a video recently i think on the way back machine and he mentioned it being designed to run on old computers as well as new computers

[@ajddavid452]

space jam

[@martinduran745]

they didn't actually own a grocery store just a small boutique in London that was open for 7 months 2:28 hidden message xD

[@MaximNightFury]

Funnily enough sosumi actually translates to "rude" in English, from Japanese

[@MaximNightFury]

Also, Apple buying the rights to the name Apple and licensing out rights to use it, modern problems require modern solutions

[@cmyk8964]

Native Japanese speaker. “Sosumi” is not a Japanese word as far as I know.

[@MaximNightFury]

@@cmyk8964 Huh, though back then apparently Google translated it to rude, now it seems to think it's crude

[@cmyk8964]

@@MaximNightFury The video literally explains that the word was a homophone of “so sue me”, and the word being Japanese was a lie to cover that up.

[@MaximNightFury]

@@cmyk8964 I'm not denying what you said, I just thought it was funny how google thinks it's an actual word

[@AidenGibson1]

It’s funny how Steve Jobs was a big fan of the Beatles.

[@kinoirvoidjustice]

but then again, the beatles during this time no longer runs the company for good and plus copyright > interest

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

@@kinoirvoidjustice lol

[@potterwalker4823]

Not so big that he wouldn’t try fucking them real good. What a dumb ass he was thinking he could cure himself with broccoli and strawberries, and all that California hippie bullshit. He’d still be alive if he got in some fucking chemo, etc.

[@fornkly]

I know you had a disclaimer (for what, a millisecond?) but still, using a fake logo just makes it look as though you're not even trying to see Apple Corps' side of the argument. It creates this idea that they're not as official as Apple Inc., which they are!

[@marklechman2225]

I always thought it was the inclusion of an Ensoniq synth chip in the IIgs that brought the lawsuit on, not just the inclusion of MIDI.

[@horowizard]

In the early 80s in was inevitable that Electronic Musical instruments would need to talk to each other and at some point a computer would be involved. It's unfortunate that Apple Corps. felt the need to impede that just to protect a name.

[@MBeyeline]

it wasn't to protect a name. It was to make money. They all got paid very handsomely in the settlements. They were there first so they had claim rights to it.

[@nikolan123]

2:45 i know this isn’t the official logo

[@BBC600]

Wasn’t a fan of the hidden text (flashes by too quickly and requires the user to rewind at a slower playing speed). Otherwise this video was very educational! :-)

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks for the feedback! The quick text was more of like an Easter egg haha

[@brettrodgers2665]

>Apple >Open architecture I almost shat my pants in sheer shock.

[@NO_OPEC_NO_PROBLEM]

Wow, every minute of this video was informative

[@VideoGamesIncorporated]

6:59 So that guy's name is really "Mr. Justice Mann" huh

[@up50lut3]

Just found your cannel, watching all your stuff lol

[@weegeenumberone2]

The way that Michael says Corp. He says it like "Core"

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That's how the company purposely does it.

[@I_Am_The_Paulrus]

​@@ChristopherSobieniakI think the Beatles themselves (or possibly only Paul) chose the name purposely just for that pun

[@Goigigandfriends]

Anyone cat he what the text said at 2:27-2-28??

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Nice I got to read that fast text about "grocerry" store.

[@Winzton4Lif3]

Apple Inc. IM THE REAL APPLE!!! Apple Corp: NO I AM!!! Samsung and other phone companies: Grab y’a popcorn! Becuz we are going to see two apples fight! A sight to see!

[@PatThePerson]

All they had to do was say "you're not allowed to sign any artists or produce any soundtracks exceeding 5 seconds in house and those must be for operating system centric sounds such as notifications and boot sounds. Would be an agreement had it been started these days But it was probably a combination of greed and a lack of foresight

[@DanielJacksonMusic]

Reeks actually joked to call the sound “Let it beep”, a play on Let it be, by the Beatles

[@thomasg1150]

Apple Cor. sounds like an apple core

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

Corps

[@TeleNikon]

That was Paul's idea if I'm not mistaken. Beatles were almost always being funny, creative and clever.

[@WannaKnowMyName]

Wasn't this lawsuit the reason why The Beatles didn't appear in the iTunes Music Store until 2010?

[@theonlyonerzk]

2:28 "they didn't actually own a grocery store just a small boutique in London that was open for 7 months"

[@MyComedyStore]

They weren't completely unrelated companies, Steve Jobs was a huge Beatles fan and probably named Apple after The Beatles, of course Jobs denies that but he also denied that the LISA computer was named after his daughter Lisa. Soooo.....

[@QualityDoggo]

Fun fact "IOS"/"iOS" is shared by Apple and Cisco... similar situation

[@MyurrDurr]

Yeah :') had to use IOS in networking class

[@franktodarello538]

“A good artist copies, but a great artist steals” -Steve Jobs

5:55 He should have said: I made some typos, i meant „suomi“

[@peterfriend8084]

Peter Friend 3 minutes ago Apple stole just about everything in the beginning, including its very NAME - the Beatles were there FIRST with their Magritte-inspired Granny Smith, masterfully rendered for record labels and related usage. I don’t give a hoot that Cupertino supposedly “owns” the Beatles’ trademarked version - to me it will always represent great music from the best “par excellence” musical group in the history of entertainment, not some derivative, over-priced computer company.

[@tar0hh]

You know what i noticed, The wool worths sign looks like our apple event sign

[@techactivate781]

2:45 that says I know this isn't the official logo

[@morsine]

Two companies appeared to be on good terms! Apple core good Apple computer, sued :))

[@Jay-uu5lu]

1:36 if only apples computers were like that today

[@mattjw16]

Lol, I thought the same thing!

[@StevenMTilleyBRLA]

Here is one for you Many may be surprised to know the generic term "smiley" is trademarked. Merriam-Webster states the "First Known Use of smiley Adjective 1848" However, Franklin Loufrani in 1972 "legally" trademarked "smiley." Today if you use the TAG "smiley" on an online marketplace for your original work, The Smiley Company LLC. may do a takedown for the product even if the product has NO ubiquitous yellow "smiley" face on it.

[@michaelsegal3558]

I’m not sure if they are still around or if they were outside of Canada but there used to be a third company called Apple it was a competition company to Speedy Glass called Apple Auto Glass but I haven’t heard from them in years I’m not even sure they are still around

[@fettywap_vevo]

yo. cut it out with the one frame text, what the hell?

[@denyuan4200]

Why not use Durian?

[@bpoolxantx15]

Bo wonder apple inc tech is so expensive eh...🤭

[@ronnysroom]

How do you like them apples

[@jari2018]

This should make Apple Core to enter the computer business since Apple cant stand by a deal.

[@TayG-y9q]

7:02 Before Mr Justice Man

[@dovix]

Funny how it's mostly everyone's first time hearing about Apple Corps but not Apple Computer

[@Overgreen]

Clicked on this video as soon as I saw it! Nice video. (Even though I haven't watched it yet.)

[@MichaelMJD]

Thank you!

[@braxtonstanley2565]

Apple VS Apple Apple : It seems like i already win.

[@krimsonbun]

Apple logic: WE HAVE OUR OWN STORE FOR APPS CALLED THE APPSTORE, SO NOBODY ELSE CAN CALL IT APPSTORE EVEN OF IT HAS THEIR OWN COMPANY INFRONT OF IT, BECAUSE IT WAS OUR IDEA TO NAME THE STORE FOR APPS AN APPSTORE, ANYONE ELSE THAT DOES IT IS COPYING.

[@KoopaMedia64]

Aka the story of an Apple that kept growing bigger because it didn’t rely on the works of living celebrities, along with the story of an Apple which stagnated because it did rely on the works of living celebrities. Amazing what an extremely large pile of cash can do.

[@Esrom_music]

I would love to see apple computers relinquish the name and 80% of its profits to apple records.

[@jnagarya519]

Apple Computer pays millions per year to Apple Corps. because they admittedly copped their logo from Apple Corp. The Apple Computer was invented on the "The Beatles"/"White Album".

[@samuelthecamel]

Of course they have a holding company called Apple Corps 😂

[@jehovahhohenzollern3329]

Steve Jobs "Buzz" sold his parents Computer company Apple Computer Inc. to the son of Mr. Pochinko (myself) because he didn't know anything about them. We paid Steve Jobs "Buzz" $100,000 at our computer store called Video Concepts in Winnipeg, Canada during the summer of 1986 because we knew the most about them, and Steve Jobs wanted to do something else in his life.

[@rscram]

Apple Corps, which is pronounced Apple Core, funny.

[@EricE549]

mr. justice mann

[@FloppytopHoppencock]

林檎 Ringo is Japanese for Apple. Lolz

[@ranjandhar9776]

😂

[@ranjandhar9776]

Lol wtf 😂😂 i searched on Google 😂😂

[@jeremykowalski5854]

Yo Apple sued woolies? Damn

[@suber36g]

Wouldn't it make more sense for apple electronics to sue Apple computers?

[@YoudonknowwhoIam]

Suber36g no

[@definitely_notme4112]

I just thought of apples to apples 🍎 🍏

[@ModricoTV]

You should do a video on “Why Apple Doesn’t Do Third-Party iOS Phones”. I think that would be interesting, since I have never seen a Motorola or Samsung running iOS 7 or later.

[@DONKEYdaDON]

Sosumi = Gross Settlement 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@archivushka]

0:32 kinda looks like nonsense wallpapers on new iphone/iPad lineup

[@spicecrop]

The funny thing is neither of the two companies came up with the word Apple to begin with. It's like big pharma getting a patton on plant DNA.

[@TechNetworkUK]

2:45

[@Cjnator38]

*Sosumi*

[@xtraspecialmango]

I Love how The Beatles are Apple Corps - HA! :)

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

The Beatles are menaces

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

How petty was apple core, they went against their own terms in an agreement they set up themselves

[@notgeorge7563]

2:28

[@potterwalker4823]

$500 million is nothing to Apple; maybe a weeks income.

[@josha.653]

Apple should sue apple because they are different colors grey and green😂

[@meligarcia]

Drink every time he says apple

[@jmm1233]

what next : apple suing someone because they sued someone ... oh no

[@GRFan632]

Apple Inc. or Apple Core, which one.

[@westtell4]

this is an apple some people might try to tell you this is a banana they might scream banana banana banana but this is an apple... .facts first

[@Maytricks_Lee_VR]

Apple corps did not 'eventually' become a conglomerate. It was always the fact. See the initial press interviews for information.

[@Jaaaa315]

Itt: people don’t understand copyright infringement

[@mrminerduck6781]

Im so stupid by thinking Beatles Music is licensed by Apple. (Inc.) And not by another company called Apple corp.

[@WatercraftGames]

I didn't know The Beatles owned the word Apple

[@you166mhz]

I'm glad i don't own any Apple pc or parts ...