Who owns the term "app store"? Apple wants to, but Amazon and Microsoft, among others, think it is generic. Will Steve Jobs's own words come to haunt him? In any case, the first casualty of the fight between giants seems to be Amahi, a small open-source media server. [more inside]
posted by kmz on Jun 22, 2011 - 98 comments

MikeRoweSoft Settles with Microsoft for an XBox
Mike Rowe had a website named after himself that was alot like the mega-corp.
MS wanted to give him $10 to change the domain, he wanted $10k. They settled on a trip to Redmond, some traffic redirection and an XBox.

Followup to this thread.
posted by fenriq on Jan 26, 2004 - 20 comments

This is for real eh?
posted by neo452 on May 10, 2000 - 8 comments

I actually wouldn't mind seeing the plaintiffs behind this cease-and-desist order win their case.
posted by ratbastard on May 2, 2000 - 23 comments

I guess Microsoft can't be everywhere. Where do you want to litigate today?
posted by grant on Feb 21, 2000 - 1 comment