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Intellectual Property

Jul. 9, 2011

Apple Fails to Get Injunction

Apple Inc. has failed to persuade an Oakland federal judge to order online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. to stop using the term "App Store" to describe a software application service for Android phones.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Apple Inc. has failed to persuade an Oakland federal judge to order online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. to stop using the term "App Store" to describe a software application service for Android phones.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction in a late Wednesday decision, writing that the Cupertino-based consumer technology giant failed to prove that the "App Store" mark is f...

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