wraggster
May 22nd, 2011, 23:16
What would be your first guess about what an app store sells? Don't be fooled, Apple warns, the phrase 'app store' is not generic (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385657,00.asp) and can only be used to describe Cupertino's... um, app store? 'Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words "app store" together denote a store for apps,' Apple said in a Thursday filing (http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/4:2011cv01327/238522/35/) with a California district court. All this notwithstanding that Jobs himself used the phrase generically (http://www.macworld.com/article/154980/2010/10/jobs_transcript.html) while referring to Android app stores. We've previously (http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/22/0026249/Apple-Sues-Amazoncom-Over-App-Store-Trademark) discussed (http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/27/1755246/Amazon-Responds-To-App-Store-Lawsuit-From-Apple) this ongoing legal battle."http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/20/1947231/Apple-an-App-Store-Is-Not-a-Store-For-Apps