Apple, which has sued Amazon over its use of the term “App Store,” has expanded the scope of its lawsuit to include claims of false advertising related to the launch this week of the Internet retailer’s tablet, reports “CNET.”
The amended complaint alleges that since the Android tablet was unveiled in September, Amazon has begun altering its “Amazon Appstore for Android” moniker to de-emphasize the “for Android” suffix in ads for the device.
“Amazon’s use is also likely to lessen the goodwill associated with Apple’s App Store service and Apple products designed to utilize Apple’s App Store service by associating Apple’s App Store service with the inferior qualities of Amazon’s service,” Apple claimed in the filing. Read more at http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57327336-93/apple-adds-false-advertising-claim-to-amazon-lawsuit/ .
