Posts Tagged ‘Trademark’

iPad Export in China in Danger

February 15th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The dispute between Apple and a Chinese company called Proview is climbing to new heights as Proview has officially requested not only a ban on the import of iPad devices, but also on the export of them.

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Apple to Sue MiKanDi Too!?

March 23rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following the lawsuit towards Amazon, it seems like Apple will also start chasing MiKanDi, an Android app store. Reason for this is that MiKanDi promotes itself as the first ‘Adult App Store’.

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Apple to Sue Amazon Over App Store

March 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Some things are bound to happen. Amazon recently announced the exclusive launch of Angry Birds Rio on the Amazon Appstore and at that moment, the whole world knew Amazon would be sued at some point.

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Microsoft Questions ‘App Store’ Trademark

January 12th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

After being battled about the ‘Windows’ trademark being too generic, Microsoft is now chasing up Apple for the same thing. Microsoft believes the term ‘App Store’ is too generic.

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Apple Trademarks ‘There’s an App for That’

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

There’s an app for that is probably one of the most used marketing slogans of the past few months. To avoid the competition claiming they have an app for ‘that’, Apple trademarked the expression.

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EDGE Globally Available Again

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

EDGE is probably one of the most on-and-off games on the App Store to date. Following trademark claims from Tim Langdell it was taken offline in several countries, but now it is back!

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iPhone Trademark Issues in Switzerland

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Apple seems to have lost their legal fight to trademark the iPhone in Switzerland. Apple tried to file if for categories 9 (phones) and 28 but the local trademark authority said the name was too generic.

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Fujitsu not the Only iPad Trademark Owner

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple will have a lot more trademark issues with their iPad when they enter Europe. Apart from Fujitso claiming the name in the US, STMicroelectronics claims it in Europe.

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Fujitsu Claims iPad Trademark

January 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Aside from Nokia and Apple combating each other over iPhone patents, Apple has a new legal enemy. This time it’s Fujitsu that claims to have a trademark on the name iPad.

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OneApp, Another MS App Store?

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Weblog iStartedSomething stumbled upon a trademark application from Microsoft for the name OneApp. The filing suggests MS is working on a second App Store for mobile devices.