![]() ![]() 148 Apps recently confirmed Lima Sky’s intentions by receiving a form response back from their legal team explaining that they are in fact claiming a trademark on the word “doodle” and are looking to have any games with “doodle” in the title changed (or removed, from the looks of it). ![]() From there, Apple sends out a letter to the developer of the game in question, and they have five days to respond or else their game gets yanked off the App Store. In a nutshell, Lima Sky has just barely enough legal ammo to lean on Apple to get similar games removed. Several developers of “doodle games” have been getting letters: Otherwise, the app gets removed from the App Store. Once Apple receives a complaint from a developer, they send letters and within 5 days they want a response back. Still, I’m a firm believer of the “users decide” philosophy and I think what Doodle Jump developers, Lima Sky, are doing is just wrong.Īs reported by TouchArcade, Lima Sky has been contacting Apple lately to explain the situation of “doodle” games and their original creation, Doodle Jump, and convince Apple to send letters to developers for trademark infringement. Since the incredible success of Doodle Jump, many indie developers have tried to follow its path with not-so-clever marketing moves that, indeed, involved using the word “Doodle” next to something else. If you look closer, I believe you’re going to find some Doodle Browser or Doodle Twitter in there, too. There are too many “Doodle” games in the App Store. ![]()
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