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Apple Fires Cease and Desist at GetJar, GetJar Gets Feisty

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Jul 9, 2011, 9:37 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

Apple recently sent mobile application distributor GetJar a cease and desist order, demanding that the company stop using the term "app store" in reference to its repository of applications for mobile devices. Apple maintains that it has ownership of the term, and has raised the issue with other companies, such as Amazon and Microsoft. GetJar responded to the letter in a blog post, saying, "GetJar won't be subject to this kind of bullying. We're not going to 'Cease & Desist'. We were here long before Steve & Co. We were built by developers, to help developers. Not to help sell handsets or search results. In the words of Twisted Sister: We're not going to take it! Steve Jobs isn’t our Dad." GetJar argues that it doesn't compete with Apple's App Store, which is a closed system. Instead, GetJar is serious about distributing free applications to whoever wants them. Apple hasn't responded to GetJar's emotional reaction.

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Subject	Author	Date
Question for Apple...	dreamer528	Jul 10, 2011, 9:36 PM
Re: Question for Apple... by Fredd   Jul 11, 2011, 9:58 AM Re: Question for Apple... by dreamer528   Jul 13, 2011, 7:18 PM
They Do It Because They Can	TheRobotDevil	Jul 10, 2011, 5:58 PM
Re: They Do It Because They Can by carmodboy99   Jul 11, 2011, 8:12 PM
I don't get it	Hitur Petar	Jul 9, 2011, 12:41 PM
I don't know... by Lord Azrael   Jul 9, 2011, 3:38 PM Re: I don't know... by pickles   Jul 9, 2011, 8:07 PM Eh by Lord Azrael   Jul 9, 2011, 8:09 PM Re: I don't know... by Fredd   Jul 11, 2011, 9:46 AM Re: I don't get it by Ashke13   Jul 9, 2011, 5:58 PM Re: I don't get it by Tofuchong   Jul 9, 2011, 6:22 PM Re: I don't get it by Jayshmay   Jul 10, 2011, 3:40 AM Re: I don't get it by crood   Jul 11, 2011, 8:25 AM Re: I don't get it by Fredd   Jul 11, 2011, 9:57 AM Re: I don't get it by msteven3   Jul 11, 2011, 10:11 AM Re: I don't get it by Slammer   Jul 11, 2011, 3:31 PM Re: I don't get it by Da_Bonehead   Jul 11, 2011, 4:13 PM
apple	bobc74	Jul 10, 2011, 5:41 PM
Re: apple by atandtrep   Jul 10, 2011, 6:10 PM
geez	phatmanxxl	Jul 9, 2011, 10:28 AM
Re: geez by land of the free phone   Jul 9, 2011, 10:40 AM Re: geez by Versed   Jul 9, 2011, 4:47 PM Re: geez by Jayshmay   Jul 10, 2011, 3:41 AM
Emotional reaction?	Azeron	Jul 9, 2011, 7:29 PM

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