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Re:Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app ... by chanux on Sunday September 29, 2013 @05:52AM (#6464689)
Pardon my ignorance but doesn't apple own rights to the term 'app store'?

Update: apparently I'm wrong http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/legal-privacy/15714.h...

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Re:Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app ... by codeka on Sunday September 29, 2013 @06:02AM (#6464702)
Google calls theirs the Play Store. Of course, that's not going to stop everybody else calling it an "app store".
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Re:Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app ... by bobbles on Sunday September 29, 2013 @05:55AM (#6464695)
Yep: http://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/trademark/a...
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