Microsoft Objects to Apple's 'App Store' Trademark Application
TechFlash reports that Microsoft has filed a motion (PDF) asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny Apple's application for a trademark on the term "App Store", arguing that the term is a generic one that other entities should be free to us...
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/01/12/microsoft-objects-to-apples-app-store-trademark-application/