It was only when the Fab Four set up their own record label, Apple Corps, in 1968 (and incidentally laid the groundwork for another predictably name-based lawsuit) that they took on the rights to their subsequent catalogue of songs and shared the royalties between the four band members equally.
Molefe said Nigeria's "Super Eagles" had done well to reach their first final since losing on home soil in 2000, with coach Stephen Keshi leaving out several big-name Europe-based players for the tournament.
Big Corn and Big Sugar are locked in a legal and public relations fight in the US over a plan to change the name of a corn-based sweetener that has gotten a bad name.
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Beamz has been firing lasers in the name of gesture-based performance for a few years.
The power car has been given the name after the Stroud-based trust suggested the idea to First Great Western to mark the trust's 25th anniversary.
Marussia F1 is majority-owned by the Moscow-based car company whose name it bears.
The UK-based outfit's name change officially ends the dispute over the use of the Lotus name in F1, with Renault set to race as Lotus next year.
Among the numerous companies currently competing for a large contract to be awarded momentarily by the government of Kuwait is a Florida-based concern by the name of Conventional Munitions Systems (CMS).
It will be interesting to see if he is right, and if Apple, who first made its name through the elegance of its space-based interfaces will make its next big move into ones based on time.
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By my count, Augusta National holds or has applied for more than 50 trademarks, many for the same words and images but explicitly extending into multiple realms: refrigerator magnets, playing cards, desk sets, ladies handbags, pewter mugs, bowls "with and without lids, " nut-based snacks, you name it.
Baauer, whose real name is Harry Rodrigues, is a Brooklyn-based producer known for "trap" music, an electronic style that draws on hip-hop beats.
The name-matching software made by Identity Systems, based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, is used by more than 200 government agencies around the world.
One of them is Rocket Fuel, a Redwood City (Calif.)-based startup that despite its name has flown under the radar of the general public.
Continuing on my journey of exploration outside China (a brief detour), I recently met with Dave Otten, the CEO of a New York-based startup with the intriguing name of LongTail Video.
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The process began last year when Manziel formed a Texas-based limited liability company by the name of JMAN2 ENTERPRISES, LLC.
While Rome-based ENI may not have the name recognition of its leading competitors, its role in developing Kashagan will certainly change that.
Beirut-based jeweler Paolo Bonja has his name printed in cursive font on one of the club walls because, I'm told, he "sponsors" the VIP table.
Surface with Windows RT - to give the device its full name - runs on a chip made by Nvidia, based on the designs of British company Arm Holdings.
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Your barista will know your name and your order, combining mobile convenience and status-based personalization to a very effective degree.
The form-fitting shirts, marketed under the trademark name Evidence Based Apparel, are embedded with elastic bands and were designed using a combination of biomechanical technology, neurological research and advanced body-imaging systems.
Other pilot shows include Zombieland - based on the film of the same name - featuring four survivors attempting to outwit zombies, while animated comedy Dark Minions, written by Big Bang Theory's Kevin Sussman and John Ross Bowie, is about two "slackers" working on an intergalactic warship.
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Gregg (HGG): This Indianapolis-based specialty retailer sells video products, brand name appliances, audio products and accessories, operating 228 stores in 20 states.
The Brooklyn-based band Falcon doesn't take its name from the bird, but rather from an old friend of bandmates Shannon Ferguson and Neil Rosen.
In this sense, Bollywood, as India's Bombay-based movie industry is called, is an apt name.
Singapore-born, New York-educated and Paris-based fashion designer Andrew Gn is the biggest fashion name Singapore has ever produced.
My China-based colleague Russell Flannery pegged Victor Koo as a name Forbes readers should know in mid November.
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The changes will allow non-working spouses to apply for credit in their own name based upon shared household income.
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Another big cap name to watch is Newmont Mining ( NEM), a Colorado-based gold mining company with operations around the world.
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Geeksphone may be an online phone seller based in Spain, but the name of its lower-end Firefox OS reference phone, Keon, appears to be Dutch.
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