[ ](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/amazon-gets-apples-false-advertising-claim-dismissed-from-trade/)It's been awhile since we [last had news](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/07/apples-request-for-preliminary-injunction-denied-amazons-apps/) from Apple's App Store-based [trademark infringement lawsuit](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/07/apples-request-for-preliminary-injunction-denied-amazons-apps/) against Amazon. Today, Amazon got Apple's claim for false advertising dismissed from that very same case after filing for partial summary judgement. In finding for Amazon, the judge held that Apple failed to identify a single false statement (expressly stated or implied) that Amazon made about the nature, characteristics, or quality of the Amazon Appstore that would deceive customers into thinking it was the same as the Apple App Store -- a legal requirement to establish false advertising under federal law. Not a bad way for Bezos to ring in the new year, eh?
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Apple](http://www.engadget.com/category/apple/), [Amazon](http://www.engadget.com/category/amazon/)
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**Via:** [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-02/amazon-wins-dismissal-of-apple-s-false-advertising-claim.html)
**Source:** [Court Order [PDF]](http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/files/apple-amazon-sj-false-advertising.pdf)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/amazon-gets-apples-false-advertising-claim-dismissed-from-trade/
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