Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 8th Nov 2009 16:11 UTC
Apple We're all familiar with the fact that Apple has trouble managing its App Store. While it is overflowing with applications, Apple governs it willy-nilly, and the web is rife with stories from developers who had their application rejected for no apparent reason. There's now a new issue we can add to the list. Are you an iPhone developer? Do you want a similar, competing application out of the App Store? All you need to do is send an infringement claim to Apple, and they'll happily threaten to remove the competing application without a second thought. Update: And here's a similar case, about Stoneloops! vs. Luxor.
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Thom_Holwerda
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2005-06-29

Apple is defaulting to one due to a filed Patent application with USPTO.


Did you read - at all?

There is no patent. Heck, there is no filed/pending patent. They are preparing to submit a patent.

If that is reason enough to kick someone out of the App Store, then I hereby state that I am preparing a patent on using the iPhone as a remote control. Apple, please remove all remote control applications - including your own - from the App Store.

Thank you.

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