Microsoft's "app store" trademark complaint (+ WOTY)

[Ben Zimmer]

Microsoft has filed a trademark complaint against Apple over the use of "app
store," and the complaint cites ADS WOTY.

http://www.techflashpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ttabvue-91195582-OPP-5.pdf

On p. 9, it says, “'App' is so well known that it has just been named the
“Word of the Year” for 2010 by the American Dialect Society, a leading group
of US linguists."

And on p. 14, our press release is quoted.

--bgz

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