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We maintain two blogs: one in English (Sputnik Blog) and another in Russian (Opora Blog or Блог Опора).

Sputnik Blog – A blog about developments in legal protection of technology innovation and brand names.

Opora Blog - Blog of Russian Expats in America. We discuss business, legal and cultural events that impact our lives.

Is Apple Killing its Most Popular Brands? Apple Agreed to Amazon’s Use of “Appstore” as a Generic Name for an Online App Retail Store. Is Apple Going to Give Another Brand to Public Domain?

... Apple apparently already killed the APP STORE brand, if it was a brand. What’s next? Does the iPhone brand have a chance to survive? Apple is willing to take the risk. This week Apple decided not to pursue its trademark infringement claim against Amazon for the violation of its APP STORE mark and agreed to the dismissal of its lawsuit. In its lawsuit, Apple claimed that it coined the term APP STORE and began using it on July 10, 2008. (On July 17, 2008, Apple filed an application with the US Patent ...

Волченко Максим

Sunday, July 14, 2013 22:29:12

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