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Microsoft Sues Over Apple App Store Trademark

• bokchoi 16y ago
  I think this is a good thing. "App Store" is too generic a term to trademark IMHO.
  • nhangen 16y ago
    I agree with you. In fact, I was stunned, in reading this piece, to find out that they were able to do it in the first place.
  • georgemcbay 16y ago
    On the one hand, I think it is completely ridiculous that Microsoft, maker of Windows(TM) and Office(TM) is challenging Apple(TM), maker of the Macintosh(TM), over the potential trademarking of a generic term. Having said that... yeah, 'App Store' is too generic and shouldn't be trademarkable so Microsoft are in the right here... it is just that there's no innocent party here to really cheer on in this.
• m0nastic 16y ago
  Not to be super pedantic; but they aren't suing Apple. They've filed a motion with the USPTO to dismiss Apple's trademark filing under the grounds that it's too generic of a term to be trademarked. I tend to agree with them, as even though I don't honestly remember anyone referring to a store selling applications as an "app store" before Apple, it feels about as trademark'able as registering "shoe store".
  • nhangen 16y ago
    Good catch, I'll see if I can edit and fix.