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So, if you have a store that sells apps , what does Apple expect you to call it? Software Shop? Algorithm Emporium? If "app store" can be trademarked, surely there must be an alternative that sounds equally or more generic.
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Paracetamol is the generic drug name all over the world, only the US, Canada, Japan, South-Korea, and Hong Kong uses acetaminophen. Although in Canada they know what paracetamol is at least! So as a Dutch person I was at a pharmacy asking for paracetamol and off course the person behind the counter has absolutely no idea what I am talking about. And directed me to Aleve (naproxen sodium) and Advil (Ibuprofen) and Bay…
It bothered me to no end that the pharmacist had never heard of paracetamol, especially since you have to consider that as a pharmacist you will come in contact with people from all sorts of nationalities. Maybe, maybe not. Not sure why you assume that. The US is a big place. Also, I'm sure the pharmacist would have known the proper chemical name: para-acetylaminophenol. And directed me to Aleve (naproxen sodium) and…
So, if you have a store that sells apps , what does Apple expect you to call it? Software Shop? Algorithm Emporium? If "app store" can be trademarked, surely there must be an alternative that sounds equally or more generic.
So, if you have a store that sells apps , what does Apple expect you to call it? Software Shop? Algorithm Emporium? If "app store" can be trademarked, surely there must be an alternative that sounds equally or more generic.
Maybe it's not so much the term app store but the term app that Apple kind of "registered". Of course, app is just an abbreviation for application , but this term is currently used almost exclusively for applications on Apple platforms.
Interestingly, the first Google hit for "web app" is some sort of Apple store. A preemptive strike?
So, if you have a store that sells apps , what does Apple expect you to call it? Software Shop? Algorithm Emporium? If "app store" can be trademarked, surely there must be an alternative that sounds equally or more generic.
Please..."Windows" was trademarked and that is a much more generic term than "App Store". Reality plays no part in this.
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The noun windows is also fairly generic. The noun apple is also fairly generic. And yet there are trademarks for these.
Actually, there are several trademarks for "apple", and it resulted in several lawsuits.