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What is the name of the app? It is unclear if the OP uses "JavaScript" in the title of the app, or just "JavaScript" appears in the description or the content o

What is the name of the app? It is unclear if the OP uses "JavaScript" in the title of the app, or just "JavaScript" appears in the description or the content of the app. I guess they are quite different cases.

imacpro1 9y ago
App author here, the name is: "HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Snippet Editor". The app was written long time ago and I'm surprised to receive an email from Apple about it at all. Here is the link so you can see how it's shown in the App Store, I don't think anyone would associate this app with Oracle! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/html5-css-javascript-html-snippet-editor/id448999049?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/html5-css-javascript-html-sn...
- pronoiac 9y ago
  It's in the (unwieldy) name? Have you considered changing the name to, say, Snippet Editor?
  - imacpro1 9y ago
    This was done long time ago when we game the appstore ranking by adding all the keywords to the app name. I haven't touched the app since like many years.
    - dxw92297 9y ago
      So many years the App Store gives a warning it needs an update to run OK under current IOS. Not trying to defend Oracle or justify this move, but do you think the negative feedback might have influenced the issuing of the takedown? I see many other Javascript editors and Javascript-based tools on the App Store and this is the first I’ve read of a takedown due to this specific issue. Maybe you just became the lucky first case.
    - BreakItDown 9y ago
      Maybe stop trying to game the system? If your product is worth anything, people will buy it without the need for tricky bullshit.
kangnkodos 9y ago
The reddit OP is selling a product (an app) with the word "JavaScript" in the name of the product. That's the problem. That's completely different than using the word JavaScript to describe your product. It's also different than using the word JavaScript in an open source project, such as a github repository. --- Also, everyone is assuming that Oracle has demanded this. It could be that some over-eager lawyer at Apple set up a rule which says that any trademark cannot be in the name of an app. Until I hear some evidence that Oracle demanded this, I think this is an Apple issue. Can you sell an app with this name on Google Play?
- kangnkodos 9y ago
  This is one of the reason why new products have weird names such as Airbnb, Pinterest, and Lyft. You can't use a word which is already trademarked (Oracle owns a trademark on JavaScript) in the name of a product you are selling.

imacpro1 9y ago

App author here, the name is: "HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Snippet Editor". The app was written long time ago and I'm surprised to receive an email from Apple about it at all. Here is the link so you can see how it's shown in the App Store, I don't think anyone would associate this app with Oracle! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/html5-css-javascript-html-snippet-editor/id448999049?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/html5-css-javascript-html-sn...

pronoiac 9y ago
It's in the (unwieldy) name? Have you considered changing the name to, say, Snippet Editor?
- imacpro1 9y ago
  This was done long time ago when we game the appstore ranking by adding all the keywords to the app name. I haven't touched the app since like many years.
  - dxw92297 9y ago
    So many years the App Store gives a warning it needs an update to run OK under current IOS. Not trying to defend Oracle or justify this move, but do you think the negative feedback might have influenced the issuing of the takedown? I see many other Javascript editors and Javascript-based tools on the App Store and this is the first I’ve read of a takedown due to this specific issue. Maybe you just became the lucky first case.
  - BreakItDown 9y ago
    Maybe stop trying to game the system? If your product is worth anything, people will buy it without the need for tricky bullshit.

kangnkodos 9y ago

The reddit OP is selling a product (an app) with the word "JavaScript" in the name of the product. That's the problem. That's completely different than using the word JavaScript to describe your product. It's also different than using the word JavaScript in an open source project, such as a github repository. --- Also, everyone is assuming that Oracle has demanded this. It could be that some over-eager lawyer at Apple set up a rule which says that any trademark cannot be in the name of an app. Until I hear some evidence that Oracle demanded this, I think this is an Apple issue. Can you sell an app with this name on Google Play?

kangnkodos 9y ago
This is one of the reason why new products have weird names such as Airbnb, Pinterest, and Lyft. You can't use a word which is already trademarked (Oracle owns a trademark on JavaScript) in the name of a product you are selling.