[android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
Hi Justin, Well that guy sure is prolific : He has more than 50 apps on the market. Anyhow, you can just report him to google, maybe open a bug issue for the duplicate name in the market. Not only is he breaking the android market place TOS, but also Adsense TOS : His apps shows ads from the Web google adsense which is strictly forbidden. All his apps are under 50 downloads. So that seems a little too much for one guy that doesn't make money out of it. AdSense frauds ? Oh and by the way, good game, it deserves the nuclear mushrooming your seeing :D Man ! Official google adsense beta testing program, this is like the external sign of richness(well success at the least) we are all looking for. Good on you. [OOS] I found the sounds not to fit the action in your game. The sound when I score a word sounds like a miss, maybe I was waiting for a bell or something. And the sounds in the last few seconds is earbreaking, I would have prefered a higher pitch(but not too high) version of the you scored a word sound. [/OOS] Hope you sort your problem out, and please let us know if you had success reporting to Google. Yahel -- 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
[android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
Ask a lawyer. If you own copyrights and he is infringing, you may be able to file a dmca take down request with google. So far, they have been quick about honoring those. On Mar 5, 4:15 pm, greenrift jtgi...@gmail.com wrote: I have an app that was published last fall. Recently a developer published an app with the exact same name as my app on the market. His app is very similar to mine. He also seems to be flooding the market with the exact same game only under different names and different publisher IDs. Last count it was at about 20 or so various versions, including one with the same name as mine. Is there anything I can do about this? -- 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
[android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
Certainly they're not acting in good faith. Trying to game the system at the very least. I'll bet this violates Google's terms and conditions. I think I'd complain. -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
Thanks for all the advice guys. I have a question about this started over at the Market help forum, err, I mean black hole. Not sure if I am going to contact the developer or just let his app flounder. If you do a search for my app, it is obvious which one is the correct one. I'm a bit leery to contact the developer with anything threatening. He seems to be gaming the system already and those types tend to be the ones to retaliate once someone confronts them who is not in an official position. I still think thought that Google should have some checks in place to make sure that not only the package names are different, but the names of apps (at least in the market search results) are different as well. Thanks! On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com wrote: Certainly they're not acting in good faith. Trying to game the system at the very least. I'll bet this violates Google's terms and conditions. I think I'd complain. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@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 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
[android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
Just an observation, though perhaps not that useful for you This is exactly what trademarks are intended to address. A suitable threatening letter MIGHT have some small chance of working. Taking the step of registering your trademark might even be worthwhile. But actually getting him to stop might require actual legal action. Do you think you could recover your costs in that event? Seems doubtful to me. Is your app successful enough to justify (to yourself) paying out-of-pocket to stop him? Good luck. Getting Google to help would seem to me to be your best hope. On Mar 5, 1:15 pm, greenrift jtgi...@gmail.com wrote: I have an app that was published last fall. Recently a developer published an app with the exact same name as my app on the market. His app is very similar to mine. He also seems to be flooding the market with the exact same game only under different names and different publisher IDs. Last count it was at about 20 or so various versions, including one with the same name as mine. Is there anything I can do about this? -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
I started my app just for fun, but it has mushroomed in the past couple of months. I didn't even think about having any trademarks or copyrights in place until recently. Quite frankly I wouldn't know where to begin. I haven't seen any lost revenue or anything. All of this developers apps are all for free, so I would assume he is either a) not located in the US or b) trying to game the ad revenue game by publishing the same app under different names (including the name of my app) and getting a few clicks here and there. The developers apps are actually very poorly written. The app in question that is the same name as mine is the same genre of game, similar layout as mine, but poorly executed and coincidentally has an AdMob banner over the top of some interaction buttons. It's not so much that he is stealing any of my downloads or anything, it's mostly just the principle of the matter and those few users that actually download the wrong app and get a bad taste for something they thought would be good. I was kind of surprised to see an app with the same name show up. I would have thought Google would have had something in place to address this. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Bob Kerns r...@acm.org wrote: Just an observation, though perhaps not that useful for you This is exactly what trademarks are intended to address. A suitable threatening letter MIGHT have some small chance of working. Taking the step of registering your trademark might even be worthwhile. But actually getting him to stop might require actual legal action. Do you think you could recover your costs in that event? Seems doubtful to me. Is your app successful enough to justify (to yourself) paying out-of-pocket to stop him? Good luck. Getting Google to help would seem to me to be your best hope. On Mar 5, 1:15 pm, greenrift jtgi...@gmail.com wrote: I have an app that was published last fall. Recently a developer published an app with the exact same name as my app on the market. His app is very similar to mine. He also seems to be flooding the market with the exact same game only under different names and different publisher IDs. Last count it was at about 20 or so various versions, including one with the same name as mine. Is there anything I can do about this? -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@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 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
[android-developers] Re: What to do about developers who publish games with the same name as what you have published...
That's not good. :( Have you tried contacting the other developer? On Mar 5, 4:15 pm, greenrift jtgi...@gmail.com wrote: I have an app that was published last fall. Recently a developer published an app with the exact same name as my app on the market. His app is very similar to mine. He also seems to be flooding the market with the exact same game only under different names and different publisher IDs. Last count it was at about 20 or so various versions, including one with the same name as mine. Is there anything I can do about this? -- 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
