![]() It absolutely sucks, but I feel like you deserve to know that’s just how the law works in China so you don’t waste time and money pursuing a legal remedy that is almost certainly impossible to obtain. This means Shenzhen Lingyou is the rightful owner of the trademark, and you do not really have legal recourse. I’m not a lawyer, but I know China is a first to file country for trademarks (US is first to use). The game will still be down in China (I assume until we change the name, and re-submit it, which we're not going to bother doing). We don't have the resources to fight a legal trademark battle in China so I guess that's the end of our game there.ĮDIT (Friday, May 24, 2019) - Apple contacted us today and said Clicker Heroes would be reinstated in regions outside of China, and the reinstatement should take effect in the next 1-3 days. (They didn't wait long to steal it - less than 3 months!)īut despite explaining this as clear as I could to Apple and the 3rd party, Apple sided with the cloners and took my game down. Here is the 3rd party's trademark application: - which has a date of application of February 13, 2015. ![]() In 2014 on an asian web portal (see the date on the page - 日期:), my game was already using "点击英雄": This company, Shenzhen Lingyou Technology Co., Ltd., received a trademark for "点击英雄" in 2015 in China even though it was already being used in our game BEFORE they trademarked it. We are currently losing $200-300/day because our game had to be taken down worldwide instead of just China. ![]()
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