abstract:Acorn Computers Ltd was a company based in Nottingham, England. It licensed, in early 2006, the dormant Acorn Computers trademark from French company Aristide & Co Antiquaire De Marques.
The companywas spun out of the failingBritishPCmakerAcornComputers and stumbled uponApple, which was in the process of making its Newtonhand-helddevice, as an earlycustomerandinvestor.