Apple, Amazon Ordered to Settle 'app store' Trademark Suit

Judge ordered Apple and Amazon to talk and settle negotiations over use of term “app store”, Bloomberg reported. Lead attorneys of both companies who have full authority to negotiate will meet on March 21 and settle the case.

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Apple has applied the term “App Store” and started use “App Store” in 2008 as a trademark. Apple filed suit against Amazon which started its service “Amazon Appstore” in 2011, and Amazon said that Apple doesn’t have exclusive right for the term. 

The App Store has been successed with lots of applications and users. Appsore is available on Apple's mobile devices, and it announced earlier this month that App Store downloads have exceeded 40 billion, and almost half of those occurred in 2012 alone, appleinsider.com added.

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