Some suggestions for Marketing notes for FW 21

Petr Kovar pkovar at redhat.com
Thu Sep 11 14:39:07 UTC 2014


On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:45:56 +0200
Jiri Eischmann <eischmann at redhat.com> wrote:

> Richard Hughes píše v Út 09. 09. 2014 v 15:50 +0100:
> > On 9 September 2014 14:46, Christian Schaller <cschalle at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > The cornerstone of the Fedora Workstation is our Software installer application, or
> > > our appstore if you like..
> > 
> > Eeek. Don't call it an "appstore" else the lawyers get all jumpy. I've
> > been referring to it all the time as an "application installer" as I
> > don't fancy fighting that fight.
> > 
> > Richard
> 
> I thought Apple's lawsuit against Amazon over "appstore" trademark had
> been dismissed. Moreover we don't use the keyword in the official name
> of the product, just just as a description in the marketing materials.
> But I understand that lawyers are a special kind and may have objections
> to... anything.

"In January 2013, Apple's claims were rejected by a US District judge
(...) In July 2013, Apple dropped the case."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_store

You could also go with app marketplace.

My two cents,
pk


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