I don't give a whip about the trademark issue, but anything that gives this company major grief is a good thing and karmic payback for all the times they javajacked my iPhone to take me from a news site to the candy crush saga page in the App Store.
So if Samsung stated your first paragraph and substituted 'Apple and Cook' for 'Candy Crush and King' would you feel the same way?.....just sayin'
Not saying you're right or wrong...but I see a lot hypocrisy on this board....
Just call your new app "Wachamacallit" and your set.
New games in the App Store in 3, 2, 1...
Candy Birds
Cut the Candy
Candy Ninja
They said something similar in Judge John Hodgman Episode 127: 12 Angry Birds in order to avoid buzz marketing.I guess I'll stick with the generic Sweet Solidified Glucose Crush Saga instead.
World of Candycraft would work.I'd love to see some big-name-developers temporarily change the name of their games. Probably wouldn't happen though.
CandyCraft: Pocket Edition.
So if Samsung stated your first paragraph and substituted 'Apple and Cook' for 'Candy Crush and King' would you feel the same way?.....just sayin'
Not saying you're right or wrong...but I see a lot hypocrisy on this board....
I'm sure you know a ton about it.
Protesters? More like whiny, self-righteous kids who have way too much time on their hands or terrible app makers trying to get fifteen minutes of fame by duping people into thinking their app is the real one.
Just call your new app "Wachamacallit" and your set.
Nope, that's trademarked already....it's a candy bar that is almost never available anywhere, but still trademarked.Just call your new app "Wachamacallit" and your set.
Of all games out there, Candy Crush is the one I hate the most. I even hate the people who play it. And I REALLY hate the people who play it on my train home from work with their sound at 100%.
Just call your new app "Wachamacallit" and your set.
Nope, that's trademarked already....it's a candy bar that is almost never available anywhere, but still trademarked.
Not saying you're right or wrong...but I see a lot hypocrisy on this board....
King, the developer behind mega-hit Candy Crush Saga, was recently awarded a UK trademark on the term "candy" for use in video games and is awaiting approval on a similar trademark in the United States. With Apple in some cases assisting King in targeting apps with "candy" in their names, developers unhappy with King's IP strategy have responded with a protest that is seeking to flood the iOS App Store with candy-themed games, according to reports
So if Samsung stated your first paragraph and substituted 'Apple and Cook' for 'Candy Crush and King' would you feel the same way?.....just sayin'
Not saying you're right or wrong...but I see a lot hypocrisy on this board....