Microsoft Brings In a Linguist to Contest 'App Store' Trademark Application

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Posted March 30, 2011 at 1:53pm by Shalom Levytam

Microsoft has brought in a linguist to contest Apple's trademark application for the words 'app store'.

Apple believes it owns the words 'App Store' and has sued Amazon and threatened other app stores despite being denied its trademark application twice and having its latest application contested by Microsoft.

In an effort to prove that app store is generic term, Microsoft hired a linguistics expert to counter Apple's own linguistic declaration. Dr. Ronald R. Butters a member of the Advisory Board of the New Oxford American Dictionary provided a 76 page report on the matter saying...

The compound noun app store means simply 'store at which apps are offered for sale', which is merely a definition of the thing itself—a generic characterization.

Dr. Leonard's assertion that store in the construction app store is figurative or metaphorical is simply wrong.

You can read the entire declaration at the link below...

Microsoft Brings In a Linguist to Contest 'App Store' Trademark Application

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Jon - March 30, 2011 at 3:15pm

So i-dea is also apples property.....stop being i-sick.....appstore is exactly what it means (applications store) It was not an apple idea......is a generic word

Xand3r - March 31, 2011 at 10:10pm

The others should call it applications store not app store. let's face it before apple, apps were called programs not applications or apps

Steve NoJobs - March 30, 2011 at 3:12pm

the link is removed or is not available.

Rob - March 31, 2011 at 12:16am

Works for me