Apple Sues Amazon.com Over App Store Trademark

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:16PM from the but-amazon-has-more-than-one-button dept.

tekgoblin writes "Apple is suing Amazon.com over the use of Apple's trademarked App Store name in their mobile software developer program. Apple filed the suit back on March 18th, which detailed the trademark infringement and unfair competition which Apple felt was happening. Apple's statement in the suit reads: 'Amazon has begun improperly using Apple's App Store mark in connection with Amazon's mobile software developer program.' Apple also said, 'We've asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead customers.'"

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Re:Bring it on. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-21 15:30 · Score: 0, Troll

The average apple customer is an idiot, and wouldn't know better. The fact that they spend $2000 on $800 "PC" hardware proved that ages ago.
"app store" is generic though. I have used the word "app" or "apps" for more than a decade to refer to computer software. It's like trademarking "supermarket" as a type of grocery store.