Mar 22
Apple Sues Amazon Over “App Store” Trademark
Posted in: amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili
Apple has never been particularly hesitant when it comes to sending in the lawyers. The company is already in the midst of a high profile legal battle with Microsoft over the latter company’s use of the term “App Store” (“The vastly predominant usage of the expression ‘app store’ in trade press is as a reference to Apple’s extraordinarily well-known APP STORE mark and the services rendered by Apple thereunder,” et al.). So when Amazon opted to launch its “Appstore” (no space) it was sort of playing with fire (or, perhaps, exploding iPods).
And like clockwork, Apple filed suit against Amazon late last week, issuing a statement reading, in part, “We’ve asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead customers.”
Amazon has continued with its plans, launching the Android app store, in spite of threats. The company is really talking about the whole thing, either, refusing to comment on pending litigation. Microsoft, on the other hand, fired back in January, stating that the trademark (filed by Apple in 2008) was a generic term.
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