"The hype surrounding the Kindle Fire appears to have caught Apple's attention," Jeff Roberts reports for paidContent. "The iPad maker cited Amazon's gadget and added a new claim in an amended complaint it filed yesterday as part of its on-going quest to own the phrase 'app store.'"
"In the new filing, Apple calls attention to its rival's use of 'Amazon Appstore' to market the Kindle File which was announced in September," Roberts reports. "Apple had filed its original complaint last spring after Amazon used the phrase 'Appstore for Android' to publicize its phone-based app store. Apple has now also tacked on a new false advertising claim to its earlier allegations of trademark infringement and unfair competition."
Roberts reports, "Although a claim to own 'app store' might strike some as far-fetched, Apple has long been a master of using different forms of intellectual property to wrap a legal force field around its products. In its high profile patent campaign against Samsung, for instance, Apple has not only accused the Korean company of infringing its utility patents but also its design patents and trade dress as well."
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MacDailyNews Take: Before Apple used "App Store," nobody used "App Store." Case closed.
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