Microsoft, Nokia Challenge Apple’s ‘App Store’ EU Trademark
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Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj are among four technology companies challenging Apple Inc.’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.”
Nokia, the world’s largest mobile-phone maker, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and HTC Corp. all filed separate requests yesterday with the EU trademark agency in Alicante, Spain, seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademark rights.