Apple has abandoned its lawsuit against Amazon over use of the term ‘App Store.’ Apple is the originator of the App Store moniker, which Amazon used for its own store selling Android apps. The suit, filed back in 2011 to prevent Amazon from using the name, was ended on Tuesday by Apple.
In addition to dropping the suit, Apple also gave a covenant to Amazon, promising that they wouldn’t sue them over this issue again at any point in the future. This show of goodwill from Apple may be because indications were that the court was on Amazon’s side in these proceedings, and Apple wanted to gain goodwill instead of losing a case. Ultimately, it was a very weak, generic term that would be difficult to defend as a trademark.
Source: Engadget
