A few weeks ago, I discovered a developer <https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Amazing+Live+Wallpapers>who had an app named identically to my own (Electric Plasma Live Wallpaper, mine <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mjp.android.wallpaper.plasma>and theirs<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hailin.wallpaper.ep>). I wouldn't mind too much if theirs was a legitimate app, but it's clearly adware that violates Google's ad policy (based on the permissions it requests, such as installing icons and displaying system notifications, and based on the developer's own description of the app itself.) I am concerned that they're using the relative popularity of my app to trick people into installing their malware. They have several other apps which follow a similar formula - adware named identically to another well-known live wallpaper, or even for trademarked things such as the Ghost Rider comic character. I reported them about three weeks ago, but they're still up. More recently, I discovered another developer <https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Wallpaper+For+AndDroid>who is doing the same sort of thing.
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