July 09, 2013
Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have agreed to end trademark infringement litigation over use of the phrase "app store" to market the companies' competing smartphone app retail stores, according to an order issued Tuesday in California.
March 28, 2013
A California federal judge indicated Thursday she will likely let Amazon.com Inc. depose two Apple Inc. consultants who helped conduct public surveys on the phrase "app store," suggesting the retailer is entitled to their testimony in the case accusing Amazon's Appstore of infringing Apple's trademark on the term.
March 06, 2013
Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. on Monday resolved their tussle over how the online retailer can substitute a recently deceased expert who had conducted a survey on the "app store" mark in the iPad maker's trademark infringement and unfair competition suit.
February 05, 2013
Amazon.com Inc. sought Monday to replace a recently deceased expert whose survey found that the "app store" mark — the subject of Apple Inc.'s infringement suit against it — is generic, while Apple has insisted that any replacement witness should design a new survey altogether.
January 16, 2013
A California magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to hold settlement talks ahead of their upcoming trial over Apple's claim that Amazon is infringing its "app store" mark, demanding that both parties try to hash out their differences.
January 02, 2013
A California federal judge on Wednesday shot down a false advertising claim from Apple Inc.'s lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of infringing its "App Store" mark, saying Apple hadn't produced any evidence that consumers were fooled by Amazon's use of the term.
October 19, 2012
Amazon.com Inc. urged a California federal judge on Wednesday to cut a false advertising claim from Apple Inc.'s lawsuit accusing the online retailer of infringing its "App Store" mark, saying the claim was based on a novel theory that would "turn trademark law on its head."
October 12, 2012
Apple Inc. on Wednesday asked a California federal court to preserve its false advertising and trademark battle against Amazon.com Inc., saying the online retailer's bid to toss Apple's false advertising claim misconstrued the electronics company's effort to protect its "App Store" mark.
July 23, 2012
Apple Inc. on Friday accused Amazon.com Inc. of withholding information relevant to the companies' trademark and false advertising battle over the online retailer's allegedly infringing use of Apple's "App Store" mark, urging a California federal court to require Amazon to come up with the documents.
November 17, 2011
Apple Inc. added a false advertising claim Wednesday to its trademark infringement and unfair competition suit alleging Amazon.com Inc.'s use of the term "Appstore" to describe its Android smartphone service deceives consumers into likening it to Apple's service.