The Amazon Appstore opened for business, officially, on Tues, March 22. This is in spite of a cease-and-desist order and federal trademark lawsuit filed by Apple computer over the use of the name "Appstore". This is one of multiple lawsuits over the use of the term "app," all of which could be driving up price to consumers.
More people purchasing from new Amazon Appstore
Tuesday morning, the Amazon Appstore was opened for any apps for Android. About 3,200 applications for Android based systems for instance phones and tablet computers are accessible in the store. The Amazon Appstore also offers most applications already accessible on the Android Marketplace, also as a few exclusive applications. Pay between 99 cents and $4.99 for an app. This is the typical price range. In the Android Marketplace, the developer sets the price of their program and hopefully does well with it. In the Amazon Appstore, the price of the developer could be requested although the store chooses the price ultimately.
Appstore means an Apple lawsuit
Just a couple days before Amazon opened its Appstore, Apple filed a trademark infringement lawsuit. The Apple "App Store" trademark is supposedly being violated by Amazon. The "unspecified damages" were claimed in the lawsuit initially. Amazon apparently ignored the cease-and-desist order by opening the Appstore anyway. There is another lawsuit from Microsoft against Apple Computers that states "App" and "App Store" are too generic to brand which means there are more people concerned about the "App Store" trademark. More than likely, these will be very long legal cases.
Appstore lawsuit will mean consumers have to pay
It will be a long time before these federal brand infringements lawsuits are settled. Years will be taken to do this. The "court costs" charges have to be paid for somehow. Because these are federal courts, the taxpayer money pays for them. consumers have to pay for other "hidden" costs of legal cases. This consists of paying for the boost in the company cost. More than likely, the apps won’t go up in price. They’ll stay relatively low. Usually, developers are willing to do apps either for free or for hardly anything. The "App Store" lawsuit might result in being a huge issue financially just due to what one business want.
Citations
Dailytech
dailytech.com/Apple+Slams+Amazon+With+Lawsuit+Claiming+Its+Android+Appstore+Infringes/article21188.htm
CNN
tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/22/where-is-amazons-appstore/
Moco News
moconews.net/article/419-amazon-launches-its-appstore.-is-a-tablet-or-a-handset-next/
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