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Intellectual Property

Sep. 29, 2012

Amazon.com asks judge to strike Apple false advertising claim

Striving to carve away part of Apple Inc.'s trademark lawsuit over use of the term "App Store," defendant Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday asked an Oakland federal judge to strike Apple's false advertising claim from the case.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Striving to carve away part of Apple Inc.'s trademark lawsuit over use of the term "App Store," defendant Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday asked U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of Oakland to strike Apple's false advertising claim from the litigation. Amazon's lawyers at Arnold & Porter LLP contended in court papers that Amazon's use of the term "Amazon Appstore for Android" is generic and that Apple's beef is a trademark complain...

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