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Apple Loses Claim For False Advertising Regarding Amazon "App Store"

Posted by samzenpus on from the apps-for-everyone dept.

An anonymous reader writes a court has dismissed Apple's allegations that Amazon's use of the "app store" phrase constituted false advertising. "Apple's efforts to protect its intellectual property sometimes result in lawsuits that leave even the most ardent of Apple fans scratching their heads. One such suit was Apple's March 2011 lawsuit against Amazon over the retailer's use of the phrase 'app store' as used in its Amazon Appstore for Android. "

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  1. C is for consumer by Stonefish · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    C is for consumers that support this behaviour. Anyone with an apple device is complicit in these actions. Apple is at the apogee of their corporate life and they are using the legal system to stay there as long as possible because they are no longer capable of innovation. Here's a bet apple's share price will plummet over the next three years as they completely fail to innovate and vainly try to use the legal system as a club against competitors.

    1. Re:C is for consumer by mangu · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Start by reading this book.

      This one is somewhat simpler and easier to read, but it still is a very good and useful introduction to the market.

      There's no big deal in making money in the market, the simple fact is that, like in any other profession, you must learn the trade before you get in.

      People like those "Occupy Wall Street" hipsters preaching about the market are like the pope preaching about sex. You must try to learn about things before you can have an opinion on them.

    2. Re:C is for consumer by macs4all · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      It's already started, for the past year they've done nothing but ride the high of their earlier success. Resorting to this kind of tactics instead of better marketing and improving relationships with other companies, tells us one more thing. They have nothing in the works.

      No. Nothing at all...

      Just:

      New Desktops and Laptops with the highest-resolution displays on the planet.

      New "Fusion" hybrid SSD/Spinning-Platter Drives for these new computers, with innovative support baked into OS X. TWO new generations of 10" iPad.

      iPad mini.

      iPhone 5.

      New iPod Touch

      Completely New iPod Nano

      Entirely new (and innovative) position-agnostic connector system for all their mobile devices. along with several adapters for VGA output, etc.

      New, improved Earbuds.

      New version of OS X (Mountain Lion), with over 200 New Features.

      New version of iOS (6), with over 200 New Features (and, yes, unfortuately, Apple Maps...). Unlike Android, iOS 6 is immediately available for several generations of devices, all the way back to iPhone 3GS, and the iPad 2.

      And I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff...

      And who knows what they "have in the works"; because Apple doesn't announce anything until it is a "done deal".