the fight over "app store"

[Ben Zimmer]

Amazon has responded to Apple's complaint about the use of "app
store." As with Microsoft's filing against Apple back in January, the
selection of "app" as ADS WOTY is cited, and our press release is
quoted:

http://www.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/amazonresponse.pdf
(p. 8)


On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> >
> > This CNN piece on the feud between Apple and Amazon over "app store"
> > mentions the WOTY win for "app" and quotes a few ADS-ers: me, Wayne Glowka,
> > and Bill Kretzschmar (Bill, it should be remembered, nominated "app" from
> > the floor):
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/22/app.store.fight/index.html
>
> I wrote about the "app store" feud on Word Routes and in the NYT Week in Review:
>
> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2674/
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/weekinreview/27zimmer.html
>
> And in this week's developments, the Wall St. Journal reports that our
> own Ron Butters provided expert testimony in Microsoft's complaint
> against Apple over the trademarkability of "app store":
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110329-714842.html
>
> Commentary by Mark Liberman on Language Log here:
>
> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3059
>
> --bgz
>

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