May 16, 2011
Earlier this year Microsoft filed a motion in the U.S. to fight Apple obtaining a trademark on the term ‘App Store’. Apparently they along with a few others have decided to do the same in Europe. HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft have joined forces against Apple in this fight. A Microsoft rep has this to […]
Tags: App Store, Apple, Apps, HTC, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, steve jobs, TrademarkApps, News
January 13, 2011
In 2008 Apple applied to trademark the term “app store”, obviously making it unusable for other companies with an app market. Microsoft is going against Apple to get that trademark removed. Currently WP7 is using the term Marketplace as the place where WP7 users go to purchase applications. Microsoft argues that the term “app store” […]
Tags: App Store, Apple, Market Place, Microsoft, Trademark, US PatentNews