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...
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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...
Read More