Apple, Amazon stop fighting over who gets to use “App Store” name

More than two years after Apple sued Amazon for calling its online application marketplace the Amazon Appstore, the two companies have called a legal truce.

On July 9, the case was dismissed at the companies’ request by a U.S. District Court judge. The dismissal of the case is not a sign that Apple no longer feels threatened by Amazon invading its territory by selling mobile apps, although, of course, it can’t sell iOS apps. (Amazon is still definitely trying to compete for mobile app dollars.) The move reads more like a recognition of reality: every app store is referred to as an app store, even if it’s not the proper name of it.