Microsoft advises developers to stop using ‘Metro’ name in apps following possible trademark dispute

Microsoft has started to notify its Windows developers that they should refrain from using the word “Metro” throughout their applications if they refer to the Windows Phone or Windows 8 interface. Instead, the company is advising developers to use “New User Interface” to describe Microsoft’s unified design. One source, who wishes to remain anonymous, tells us that the change could be related to a dispute between Microsoft and a German company over the use of the Metro naming. Developers have been informed that they shouldn’t use the term any more in apps or associated documentation.