Volume IX

Issue : 18: May 19, 2011

• Service of Claim by Email Not Permitted by Ontario Superior Court
• Ontario Superior Court Rules on Ways to Recover Domain Names
• Senate Bill Introduced to Tackle Online Piracy
• Federal Lawsuit Raises Questions Regarding Invasive Uses of Technology
• Web Vendor Threatens Customers to Promote Business
• Microsoft and Others Fight Apple's EU 'App Store' Trademark
• Disney's Playdom Social-Gaming Service Fined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• HP, Apple, and Other Tech Companies Sued Over Wi-Fi Patents
• Google, Apple and Adobe Accused of Fixing Hiring and Pay

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Microsoft and Others Fight Apple's EU 'App Store' Trademark

Microsoft, HTC, Nokia and Sony Erickson have filed formal applications for a declaration of invalidity against Apple’s trademarks for “App Store” and “Appstore” with the Community Trade Mark office in Europe.

The four companies join Amazon, who filed a similar complaint in Europe against Apple in mid-April, seeking to have Apple’s two European trademarks invalidated for being too generic.

Microsoft launched a similar legal battle against Apple in 2008 when Apple attempted to trademark the term “App Store” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 

These companies may be worried because Apple has already gotten litigious on the matter and sued Amazon in March 2011 over its use of “Appstore” in the title of its mobile application store for Android devices.

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