Live data from Hacker News

Apple legal is going after Open Source startup with their App Store trademark

crunchgear.com

11–13 of 13 posts

Re: Apple legal is going after Open Source startup with their App Store trademark

#11
post #5

I'm really confused as to what anyone is supposed to call the online store where one sells applications? It's as if someone trademarked "Department Store" and all of the sudden, Macy's, Sears, JC Penny, Dillards, etc couldn't use the term to refer to their stores any more. That's insane.

Application Store?

If I were fabulously rich, I'd go with "Appl Store", just to kick the hornet's nest a bit more.

Re: Apple legal is going after Open Source startup with their App Store trademark

#12
post #11
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Application Store?

If I were fabulously rich, I'd go with "Appl Store", just to kick the hornet's nest a bit more.

That's hilarious. Unfortunately trademarks are phonetic, so this can't fly.

Re: Apple legal is going after Open Source startup with their App Store trademark

#13
post #10
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There were online stores that sold applications before Apple did so. What's wrong with calling them whatever we used to call them, before Apple started calling theirs "App Store"?

What did we used to call them?

App stores.
Post reply on HN