Apple Sue Amazon

[MisterBubbles]

Apple has launched a lawsuit over online retailer Amazon's use of the App Store name.

No wonder i hate Apple....morons.

[davek22]

Cue all Apple devices disappearing from Amazons listings

[Dogg Thang]

Aren't they suing Microsoft over the same thing?

[Flabio]

No, MS are suing Apple claiming that the name shouldn't be trademarkable.

[Neon Ignition]

Hopefully any court worth it's salt will recognise it as a generic term and throw Apple's case out the door. It's things like this that will cost Apple their current market place in the end

[Tetsuo]

To be fair, the term "app" was proliferated by Apple, and as others have borrowed the word it's become totally synonymous with almost anything that's downloadable on a device, wrongly or otherwise.

I hate the word, but I'm probably with Apple on this.

[Darwock]

To be fair, the term "app" was proliferated by Apple

Since when exactly? We were using the term 'app' when I was a computer studies student 15 years ago..

[Corranga]

Since when exactly? We were using the term 'app' when I was a computer studies student 15 years ago..

Same here.


I'm still waiting for the day that Apple sue Del Monte...

Chris

[Baseley09]

Since when exactly? We were using the term 'app' when I was a computer studies student 15 years ago..

Not everyone is a computer nerd.

[nakamura]

Since when exactly? We were using the term 'app' when I was a computer studies student 15 years ago..

Same here. Companies are getting beyond the joke now.

[Darwock]

Not everyone is a computer nerd.

Oh I see. Well I suppose somebody might as well have a go at trademarking words like "Screen saver" and "Operating System" then, eh...

Only the computer nerds used them before so it's fair enough, is that right?

[Neon Ignition]

News! Granny Smith sues Apple for use of the term Apple!

[Flabio]

There is precedent for companies losing the right to trademark something because the term has become generic for all products of that type.

Hoover, for example.

Adobe are still trying to prevent 'PhotoShop' becoming the standard term for photographic manipulation, as they could lose the trademark.

In this instance Apple are trying to argue that the term 'App Store' is synonomous only with iTunes, and that people going to an 'App Store' on Amazon might believe they were on an Apple sanctioned site.

I can see them losing it, to be honest. The term is just too generic.

[gizmo1990]

To be fair, the term "app" was proliferated by Apple, and as others have borrowed the word it's become totally synonymous with almost anything that's downloadable on a device, wrongly or otherwise.

I hate the word, but I'm probably with Apple on this.

Lets hope the court have some common sense and throw such a ridiculous suit out.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Surely Apple should be using the iStore for iApps, where you pay by iCash?