Microsoft Vs.Apple: 'Shop Applications' It's not just Apple

Microsoft filed for U.S. patent office to deny the request of copyright Apple App Store on the 

concept (Store applications). Microsoft's claims, this is a generic term that Microsoft's competitors have the right to use it. Microsoft says that the terms and Store app are generic and also separately, and quoted the Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who said in an interview that "Amazon, Verizon and Vodafone have announced they are working on App stores." Even the media use the term to describe services this type, even when they are not Apple. "competitors should be free to use the term to identify their shops and services they offer him," wrote Microsoft petition. Apple filed the trademark application in 2008. She described the concept as a service shop that provides computer software over the Internet and other computer networks and electronics. " Two years later, the decision on the subject have not done - Microsoft's opposition must only date the discussion of it. Microsoft launched application store for Windows Phone 7 devices late last year. Today it includes about 4,000 applications.