Apple loses appeal to trademark ‘App Store’ in Australia, cannot sue other firms who use the phrase

[1] Apple is not the only technology company that operates an app store online.

[2] If Australia’s Federal Court have granted Apple’s plea to solely make use of the phrase “app store”, they would have sued and filed for damages towards other companies who made use of such phrase.

[3] Justice David Yates has determined that the terms’ “app” and “store” have already been commonly utilized even before Apple has publicized its Apple Store in 2008.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple-loses-appeal-to-trademark-app-store-in-australia-cannot-sue-other-firms-who-use-the-phrase/story-e6frfrnr-1227143313536