In March, Apple sued to stop Amazon from using the term “app store” to describe their, well, app store. Now a judge has ruled against Apple, dismissing their bid for a summary injunction against the online retailer to quickly prevent them from using the term. This would have swiftly put a halt to the name, rather than waiting on a full legal battle.
The judge also didn’t agree with Amazon that the term was entirely generic, but also stated that customers weren’t likely to get confused between the two, which is what would have triggered the injunction.
The legal battle is set to go to court in October of 2012.
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