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Wasn't their point that they registered the name Paper with Apple before anyone else? You can register an app name and have it held for a couple months I think

Wasn't their point that they registered the name Paper with Apple before anyone else? You can register an app name and have it held for a couple months I think before actually launching.

hrktb 13y ago
If someone registers the name but it appears nowhere on the store, the name + some string is OK and an existing app can change to the same name and get published in the meantime, it's basically as if there is no name registration.
bennyg 13y ago
You have 180 days after registering the name to use it - and then you can never register that name again under that developer account.
- rbritton 13y ago
  There's a loophole. If you register it, submit a binary, and then reject the binary you get unlimited time.
  - bennyg 13y ago
    That's actually awesome to know. I've lost an amazing name because of this - and wish I still had it.
gorner 13y ago
That doesn't make a difference for trademark rights though. Priority for trademark rights would be based on the first date the name was actually used on an available product/service – or, at the very least, the date an intent-to-use trademark application was filed (which MiSoft does not appear to have done) – NOT the first date it was thought of or worked on.