Apple won’t give App Store to Amazon without paying a fee

Amazon.com is being sued by Apple for infringing a trademark by illegally using App Store name for its mobile software marketplace. Bloomberg reported that Apple filed suit on March 18 seeking to prevent Amazon from using the app store name and to win unspecified damages.

"Amazon has begun improperly using Apple’s App Store mark in connection with Amazon’s mobile software developer program,” the complaint reads, according to Bloomberg. Steve Jobs and company filed for a trademark on "App Store" following the release of the iPhone 3G in the summer of 2008.

Last year Amazon unveiled that it was planning an Android application marketplace called the "Appstore", designed to compete with Google's official Android Market. In order to join the program developers have to pay $99 while Amazon will take the standard 30 per cent of purchase prices. The rumor is that the store will open on Tuesday.

While Google lets developers list any application after paying a fee, Amazon’s Appstore will be monitored like Apple’s iTunes.

Earlier, Microsoft filed a complaint against the Cupertino claiming that the term “App Store” is too generic which was unsurprisingly disclaimed by Apple.