I started my app just for fun, but it has mushroomed in the past couple of months. I didn't even think about having any trademarks or copyrights in place until recently. Quite frankly I wouldn't know where to begin. I haven't seen any lost revenue or anything. All of this developers apps are all for free, so I would assume he is either a) not located in the US or b) trying to game the ad revenue game by publishing the same app under different names (including the name of my app) and getting a few clicks here and there. The developers apps are actually very poorly written. The app in question that is the same name as mine is the same genre of game, similar layout as mine, but poorly executed and coincidentally has an AdMob banner over the top of some interaction buttons.
It's not so much that he is stealing any of my downloads or anything, it's mostly just the principle of the matter and those few users that actually download the wrong app and get a bad taste for something they thought would be good. I was kind of surprised to see an app with the same name show up. I would have thought Google would have had something in place to address this. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > Just an observation, though perhaps not that useful for you.... > > This is exactly what trademarks are intended to address. > > A suitable threatening letter MIGHT have some small chance of > working. Taking the step of registering your trademark might even be > worthwhile. > > But actually getting him to stop might require actual legal action. Do > you think you could recover your costs in that event? Seems doubtful > to me. Is your app successful enough to justify (to yourself) paying > out-of-pocket to stop him? > > Good luck. Getting Google to help would seem to me to be your best > hope. > > On Mar 5, 1:15 pm, greenrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an app that was published last fall. Recently a developer > > published an app with the exact same name as my app on the market. > > His app is very similar to mine. He also seems to be flooding the > > market with the exact same game only under different names and > > different publisher IDs. Last count it was at about 20 or so various > > versions, including one with the same name as mine. Is there anything > > I can do about this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
