Judge rejects Apple bid to stop Amazon from using the words ‘App Store’
Apple doesn’t own the words “App Store” it turns out, as one walled garden media device seller goes up against another…
A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc’s attempt to quickly stop online retailer amazon.com Inc from using the “App Store” name, according to a court document.
Apple, the maker of best-selling iPhones and iPad tablets, filed a trademark lawsuit saying that Amazon has improperly used Apple’s App Store name to solicit software developers throughout the United States.
Apple also asked a federal judge in Oakland, Calif. for a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon from using the name, which Apple says is trademark protected. However, Amazon argued that the term is generic and therefore not protectable.