Implementations can be copyrighted which is where there claim comes from. Having seen the demo video of your game I can see why they would appear to have a reasonable basis for their case. You'd added some fancy features, but the basic game play is the same right down to the block shapes.
My advice, and I'm not a lawyer, is to start work on something original because I don't see Google letting you back in the market with your app any time soon. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tasos.Kleisas Sent: 07 April 2009 16:22 To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: Apps labeled as Tetris Clones removed from Android Market Ideas cannot be copyrighted, only patented. But the Tetris Company does not have a patent. And game concepts are not patentable. Take a look at http://desiree47.wordpress.com/ and http://abednarz.net/wp/34/ They claim a look and feel copyright claim, but the game art, sounds and music have nothing to do with tetris. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
