蘋(píng)果起訴亞馬遜
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????[更新：大約美國(guó)東部時(shí)間本周二早上7點(diǎn)后，亞馬遜應(yīng)用程序商店正式上線?？磥?lái)蘋(píng)果不得不重新走上法庭，進(jìn)行新的舉證來(lái)指控亞馬遜。] ????現(xiàn)在是周二早晨，根據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》（New York Times）的報(bào)道，亞馬遜（Amazon）在今天正式涉足移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序市場(chǎng)。他們首先獻(xiàn)上的大禮是，為谷歌（Google）Android手機(jī)用戶免費(fèi)提供《憤怒的小鳥(niǎo)Rio》（Angry Birds Rio）下載。 ????不過(guò)截止到美國(guó)東部時(shí)間早上6點(diǎn)，《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》提供的鏈接（amazon.com/appstore）仍然無(wú)法使用。如果蘋(píng)果（Apple）對(duì)亞馬遜的起訴成功的話，該鏈接也許將永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法使用。 ????[更新：上述鏈接現(xiàn)在可以使用了。] ????上周，蘋(píng)果在加州聯(lián)邦法院對(duì)亞馬遜提起訴訟，要求法院禁止亞馬遜使用“應(yīng)用程序商店”（Appstore）一詞。三年前，蘋(píng)果為自己的“應(yīng)用程序商店”注冊(cè)了商標(biāo)。蘋(píng)果應(yīng)用程序商店已發(fā)展成大型在線軟件商店，擁有超過(guò)35萬(wàn)款為iPhone、iPad和iPod touch量身定做的應(yīng)用程序，目前下載量已超過(guò)100億次。 ????蘋(píng)果在訴狀中表示：“亞馬遜的移動(dòng)軟件下載服務(wù)可能會(huì)對(duì)移動(dòng)軟件的下載者造成混淆，后者可能分辨不清該服務(wù)是否是由蘋(píng)果贊助，或是經(jīng)過(guò)了蘋(píng)果許可。” ????今年1月份，微軟（Microsoft）曾就蘋(píng)果的“應(yīng)用程序商店”商標(biāo)一事對(duì)后者提起訴訟，微軟認(rèn)為“應(yīng)用程序商店”是個(gè)含義寬泛的普通詞語(yǔ)。蘋(píng)果在法庭上對(duì)此說(shuō)法提出反駁，蘋(píng)果表示，“Windows”一詞比“應(yīng)用程序商店”含義更寬泛，而微軟一直在竭力保護(hù)其“Windows”商標(biāo)，從法律角度而言，商標(biāo)持有人這么做無(wú)可厚非。 ????譯者：項(xiàng)航 |
????[UPDATE: Sometime after 7:00 a.m. EST, the Amazon Appstore went live. Looks like Apple will have to go back to court and start specifying those unspecified damages it was seeking.] ????Okay. It's Tuesday morning, and according to the New York Times, Amazon is supposed to enter the mobile app business today with a splash -- giving away a free copy of Angry Birds Rio for Google (GOOG) Android phones. ????But as of 6:00 a.m. EST, the link the Times provided (amazon.com/appstore) wasn't working, and it may never work if Apple (AAPL) has anything to say about it. ????[UPDATE: It's working now.] ????Last week, Apple sued Amazon in a California federal court, asking a judge to block Amazon from using the term "Appstore." Three years ago, Apple applied for a trademark on its own "App Store," an online software emporium that now offers more than 350,000 applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and has delivered more than 10 billion downloads. ????"Consumers of mobile software downloads are likely to be confused as to whether Amazon's mobile software download service is sponsored or approved by Apple," Apple said in its complaint. ????In January, Microsoft (MSFT) challenged Apple's App Store trademark, arguing that the term "app store" is generic. Apple countered in court that "App Store" is no more generic than "Windows," a trademark Microsoft has fought vigorously to defend -- as, by law, any trademark holder must. |
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