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App developer who’s been using Animoji name since 2014 sues Apple for trademark infringement

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/animoji.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000)</div><p>An iOS app developer who’s been using the name ‘Animoji’ since 2014, and registered it as a U.S. trademark the same year, is suing Apple for trademark infringement. Apple last month announced <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/animoji/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Animoji[/url] as a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/12/animoji-iphone-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline feature[/url] of the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iPhone X[/url].</p>
<p>He claims that Apple was aware of his trademark both because his app has been in the iOS app store since 2014 and, he alleges, because the company tried to buy the name …</p>
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