The federal judge in Apple v. Amazon has denied Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon to prevent Amazon from using the term “app store” for its Amazon Appstore for Android.

Having previously expressed doubt about Apple’s claims, Judge Hamilton concluded that Apple had shown no evidence of dilution or tarnishment of the “App Store” “trademark”.  Furthermore, Apple’s evidence only supported two of eight legal criteria to establish infringement. On that basis, the motion for preliminary injunction was denied.