According to Steve Jobs, who was a vegetarian (eating mostly fruit) at the time, they were running out of time to come up with a name for the company and so he said he would c
…all the company Apple if nobody came up with a better suggestion. Nobody did. Apple it is Yes somebody did, it was The Beatles. It was called Apple Corps Ltd in 1968,and a lawsuit followed which mr Jobs had to pay 26.5 Million Dollars in 1991. There were also further disputes between Mr Jobs and The Beatles. In 1981 Apple Corps Ltd (The Beatles) made an agreement with Apple Computer that they could use the Apple Logo,but they could not use the Logo that had anything to do with music.They settled out of court. In 2003 Apple Computer invented a little thing called iTunes, sticking the Apple Log`s all over it. Again back to court. The judge without hearing the case gave them leave to appeal in the high court in London,The reason the judge did this, that this was a far to complicated issue for a little judge like me(These were the words of the Barrister for The Beatles) In the high court they ruled in favour of Apple Computer,because he said it had nothing to do with music. They were going back to court to appeal against this,which Apple Computer new. They settled out of court,and the Beatles Barrister said do you know how much we got, "Well i am not telling you" Apple does not copy? (MORE) 
