2011-04-26

Amazon that Apple “App Store” is a term to revoke the trademark

According to foreign media reports, Amazon has joined the Microsoft camp rescission of Apple “App Store” (app store) trademark on the grounds that the “App Store” is a general term, Amazon uses
The term does not cause confusion. Apple uses this vocabulary made 19 or unfair competition proceedings should be abolished. As with Microsoft, Amazon’s reason is Apple CEO Steve jobs
(Steve Jobs) as early as October 2010 at the Apple earnings conference call held, had to “app store” as a general vocabulary.

Jobs at the Apple app store as “the most easy to use, the world’s largest store, pre-installed in every iPhone phone”. Amazon believes that this is the default this vocabulary is actually a general vocabulary. Amazon pointed out that linguistics research is saying.

Amazon made counterclaims that, according to the general meaning of “app store” the two words together represent a store, if Amazon and Apple’s app store. United States major linguistic organization of United States society of dialects recently voted “app” for the 2010 “word of the year”, and pointed out that although the term has been around for a many years, but the word in the past 12 months the application of the explosive growth. This word is applied to the mobile phone and PC operating systems “app stores”. Indeed, the “app store” generally applied in the app store, many enterprises in market competition.

Yiqian, Apple had tried to give Microsoft a legal fight. Apple argues that “Windows” is a common vocabulary and notes that Microsoft’s own history made infringement proceedings in order to prevent competitors from using the trademark. Apple will make the same comment on whether this remains to be seen.

Text/Tencent technology

Tags: Amazon, Apple, revoke, Store, trademark

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