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Re:Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of 'App St... by mcav on Monday March 21, 2011 @10:07PM (#2352667)
Though they forced wxWindows to rename to wxWidgets.
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Re:Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of 'App St... by andrewf on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @12:19AM (#2353090)
Some money changed hands too. http://wxwidgets.org/about/name.htm

No doubt there was both a carrot and a stick, but who knows whether the stick would have held up in court. Trademark law could also well be different in the UK.

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