Apple’s escalating trademark dispute with a Chinese company over the rights to the term “iPad” reached a courtroom on …
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Those Chinese Apple Store Knockoffs? China Says It Found 22 More
The hits (and trademark misses) just keep coming out of China, whose authorities now say they’ve uncovered a whopping 22 fake Apple stores—and that’s just in the city of Kunming, where this strange, sordid tale of Apple retail ne’er do wells started.
According to Xinhua News Agency, China’s official press agency, the country’s …
Apple to Amazon: ‘App Store’ Isn’t Generic, and You’re No App Store
Silly Amazon, “App Store” isn’t a generic term, and besides, you’re no App Store—so said Apple in a filing yesterday to a California federal court. Apple’s squaring off with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase “Appstore” (one word, no spaces) on its Android apps page.
In fact Cupertino sued the mega e-tailer …
Amazon’s Latest Weapon Against Apple in ‘App Store’ Lawsuit? Steve Jobs
The ongoing trademark war over the rights to the term “app store” just had another interesting turn. This time Amazon’s assertion of the phrase’s genericness cites a few key phrases used by Steve Jobs himself in a recent conference call.
GeekWire is reporting that the Seattle-based retailer has asked that Apple’s complaint be thrown …
Apple Bullies Adult “App Store” Over Trademark
Amazon isn’t the only target of Apple’s “App Store” trademark assault. MiKandi, a purveyor of porn apps for Android phones, has changed its slogan after receiving a cease and desist from Apple.
MiKandi, whose storefront is completely separate from the Android Market, once called itself “the world’s first app store for adults.” Now, …
Apple Sues Amazon Over “App Store” Trademark
Just a day after leaked shots of Amazon’s app store surfaced online, Apple filed a complaint in court that their trademark “App Store” was being used. Looks like Amazon may have accidentally ruffled some feathers.
According to a Bloomberg report, the Apple lawsuit states “Amazon has begun improperly using Apple’s App Store …
Facebook To Trademark “Face”
Facebook is one step closer to trade marking the word, “face.” The very idea would be ridiculous if it wasn’t proof of the company’s rapid escalation within the race for web sovereignty.
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The trademark, which only applies to the word “face” when it’s used for online …
Nintendo Tries To Trademark “It’s On Like Donkey Kong”
Ice Cube’s “Now I Gotta Wet’Cha,” the country song “Hony Tonk Badonkadonk” and the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World don’t have a lot in common, but there’s one uniting thread among the trio: All three use the meaningless sing-song phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” Now, if Nintendo gets its way, this innocuous practice might come …