Hello every one,

As the name says it, I have a series of audio books on android and one of 
the books I made was an audio book for Apple iPhone, the name is "Audio 
book: Apple iPhone" which simply talks about the benefits and other areas 
of iPhone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twayesh.audiobooks.appleiphone

I want to know if this is safe or not as I couldn't find anything too clear 
out there on the internet.

According to android brand guidelines:
http://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/brand.html
They talk about that android should not be main name of the app and it 
should not have the focus on the app icon, I assume these rules applies to 
most if not all other brands.

According to Apples brand guidelines:
https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html

2. Compatibility: Developers may use Apple, Macintosh, iMac, or any other 
Apple word mark (but not the Apple Logo or other Apple-owned graphic 
symbol/logo) in a referential phrase on packaging or 
promotional/advertising materials to describe that the third party product 
is compatible with the referenced Apple product or technology, provided 
they comply with the following requirements.

a. The Apple word mark is not part of the product name.

b. The Apple word mark is used in a referential phrase such as “runs on,” 
“for use with,” “for,” or “compatible with.”

c. The Apple word mark appears less prominent than the product name.

As for the a) - the product name is "Audio Book" and apple is simply part 
of the title of what that book is.
As for the b) - It sounds not correct saying "Audio book for Apple iPhone" 
since it is not "for", or saying "runs on" or "for use with". So how can I 
have Apple included if it is an audio book?
As for the c) - Apple is not dominating here, "Audio book" is, or at least 
that's how I would like to see it. But I hope you could confirm if I'm 
viewing it wrong or right.

According to Apple, I also should have a line saying the brand is copy 
right to Apple and iPhone is brand name in the description, which I have 
added that line.

Has any one encountered similar question and know the answer, and if it is 
OK with the guidelines to have it named like that without the risk of being 
suspended.

Thank you in advance.



-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Android Developers" group.
To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Reply via email to