Apple, Amazon Fail to Settle ‘App Store’ Trademark Case
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Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. failed to settle a trademark-infringement lawsuit over Amazon’s use of “app store” after two rounds of talks in a case scheduled for trial in August.
Lawyers for the companies spoke by phone for 45 minutes on June 14 and an all-day meeting was held on May 1 that included BJ Watrous, Apple’s chief intellectual property attorney, and Andrew DeVore, Amazon’s assistant general counsel, according to filings in federal court in Oakland, California. Neither meeting resulted in settlement, according to the filings, which didn’t have details about the talks. A trial is set for Aug. 19.