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There is a lot of misinformation about the situation here, mainly because of the misleading title. The game created by the Chinese company is not a clone of the
by mytherin 7y ago
There is a lot of misinformation about the situation here, mainly because of the misleading title. The game created by the Chinese company is not a clone of the game created by Playsaurus.
Here is the game created by Playsaurus: http://www.clickerheroes2.com http://www.clickerheroes2.com
Here is the game created by the Chinese company: http://m.7k7k.com/android/11525.html http://m.7k7k.com/android/11525.html
The games look nothing alike. The dispute is about the title of the game "Clicker Heroes", specifically the Chinese translation of this title "点击英雄". A Chinese company created a game with this (rather generic) name and filed a trademark for the name.
The company was granted the trademark because they were first to file for the trademark and China trademark law works on a first-to-file basis. The same law applies in many countries (including countries in the EU). Playsaurus made a mistake not filing for the trademark in China before and was punished for that mistake.
The actual controversy here has nothing to do with Chinese law or the Chinese company. The controversy is that Apple took down the game in all regions despite them only violating the trademark in China.
- verroq 7y agoIf the game wasn't cloned (that is, copied 1 for 1), then title isn't misleading, it's actually a complete lie. Half of the comments here are talking about IP theft, when it just becomes a trademark dispute.
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- 33a 7y agoWTF are you talking about? Those games are almost exactly alike, except the clone has worse graphics. Also the search terms for 点击英雄 all point to the game by playasaurus on baidu/bing. It's clearly an outright rip off.
- yorwba 7y agoThis screenshot of 点击英雄 http://n.7k7kimg.cn/m00/6f/37/01b6d018a2f7485ea9de55f4b02bf251.jpg http://n.7k7kimg.cn/m00/6f/37/01b6d018a2f7485ea9de55f4b02bf2... implies a completely different gameplay compared to Clicker Heroes http://www.onrpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Clicker-Heroes-2-10.jpg http://www.onrpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Clicker-Hero... Edit: but the resemblance to Tap Titans is uncanny: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BfZpbHHc_htTbIla-wzdj1BFtSDZ_h65EykahBfFwEhW22sSGVjV8SB8EqSNRK2SAxk=w720-h440 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BfZpbHHc_htTbIla-wzdj1BFtS... It looks like they cloned one game and trademarked it under the name of another.
- mannykannot 7y agoMaybe the creator of Tap Titans had a different Chinese name that was already trademarked? Or is 点击英雄 a reasonable translation for Tap Titans?
- Funnnny 7y agoThe game is an exact copy of Tap Titans. Clicker Heroes is popular in Steam so they may copy the name as well
- RIMR 7y agoLooks like they just called it "Click Hero".
- stordoff 7y agoIt may not be a clone of Clicker Heroes, but it does appear to be extremely close (visually) to Tap Titans: 点击英雄: http://n.7k7kimg.cn/m00/6f/37/01b6d018a2f7485ea9de55f4b02bf251.jpg http://n.7k7kimg.cn/m00/6f/37/01b6d018a2f7485ea9de55f4b02bf2... Tap Titans: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BfZpbHHc_htTbIla-wzdj1BFtSDZ_h65EykahBfFwEhW22sSGVjV8SB8EqSNRK2SAxk=w1536-h722-rw https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BfZpbHHc_htTbIla-wzdj1BFtS...
- ufo 7y agoAnd it also seems that many of the character designs are copied from Warcraft3 / DotA.
- Freak_NL 7y agoThe Chinese link leads to a 403 Forbidden message.
- RIMR 7y agoDepends on your ISP it seems - here's a mirror: https://imgur.com/kW2GnJH https://imgur.com/kW2GnJH
- stordoff 7y agoStrange, it was working for me early (it appears to only load if you got go to 7k7k.com first). The image RIMR linked to is the same.
- ASalazarMX 7y agoSame 403 for me, but TOR Browser was allowed.
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- seanalltogether 7y agoSomething isn't adding up with the devs explanation of the situation. He claims they have trademarks for Clicker Heroes in US and EU, so why would Apple be removing the game worldwide. https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/bs6n3l/apple_removed_my_game_from_the_app_store_because/eoki7ej/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/bs6n3l/apple_remov...
- wgerard 7y agoI think that's exactly the controversy, no? It appears they removed the game from all regions despite only violating a trademark in China.
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- lotharbot 7y agoYou should update your comment to include the original Clicker Heroes by Playsaurus. What you've presently linked to is the sequel, which is radically different in terms of both look and gameplay.
- ggggtez 7y agoWoah woah woah. I get it not everyone is an expert on this subject, but what makes you say it's not a clone? It looks pretty similar to me. Clicker Heros is a well known game in this genre. One look, and you would know immediately "this is a clone of Clicker Heros". Lots of games copy it, piecemeal or whole horse. Maybe that's irrelevant and maybe not. But I don't think you can simply dismiss it.
- Asminthe 7y agoYou've linked Clicker Heroes 2, not the original game. This is the game that should be compared to the Chinese title: https://www.clickerheroes.com/ https://www.clickerheroes.com/ It's correct to say that the Chinese game is more directly a reskinned clone of Tap Titans, but Tap Titans itself began as a gameplay clone of Clicker Heroes. The visual layout is different but my understanding is the gameplay was virtually identical, at least at launch. It makes sense that a Chinese mobile game company wanting to quickly clone and profit from the success of Clicker Heroes in 2015 would end up reskinning Tap Titans because Tap Titans was a Clicker Heroes clone that was available on mobile even while Clicker Heroes itself was still only available on PC. It seems clear the Chinese company realized the connection between Tap Titans and Clicker Heroes, which is why they chose to steal the name Clicker Heroes for their clone of a clone.