According to Reuters, Apple Computer Inc. lost a High Court bid to have its legal case brought by the management company for the Beatles, moved from Britain to the United States. The computer maker
has been involved in a trademark dispute since September with London-based Apple Corps., the company formed in 1968 to manage the band's business interests and act as its music label. Apple Corps.
took the computer maker to court, accusing Apple Computer of violating a 1991 agreement specifying that it could use the Apple trademark for computer products only.
