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Court rejects Apple's false advertising claim against Amazon

2013-01-03 09:08:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The court has rejected Apple's earlier claim that Amazon's use of "Appstore" to describe its Android application marketplace was false advertising, according to a Bloomberg report. Apple had filed a trademark lawsuit in 2011, stating that Amazon's use of the term "appstore" could cause confusion among customers. In September 2012, Amazon asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple's false advertising claim. This rejection only represents a partial summary judgement in the trademark case; the decision regarding trademark infringement has not yet been decided. Apple tried to register a patent for "App Store" in 2008, but Microsoft opposed it on the grounds that it was a generic term. The patent office is waiting for the decision of the trial scheduled for 19 August.

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