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Intellectual Property

Jan. 4, 2013

Judge rejects Apple's "app store" false advertising claim in Amazon.com case

Delivering another blow to Apple Inc.'s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. over use of the term "app store," a federal judge granted partial summary judgment Wednesday, tossing out the technology company's false advertising claim.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Delivering another blow to Apple Inc.'s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. over use of the term "app store," a federal judge granted partial summary judgment Wednesday, tossing out the Cupertino-based technology company's false advertising claim.


U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton said Apple failed to prove Amazon made any explicit or implied false statements about its app store...

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