Comments on: Can Apple steal my iPhone app ideas and get away with it? http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/ iPhone, mobile, Facebook and other software apps, and the law. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Who Is More “Closed and Proprietary?” Adobe or Apple? « OneZeroThrice http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Who Is More “Closed and Proprietary?” Adobe or Apple? « OneZeroThrice Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:07:46 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-606 [...] must sign an extensive terms of service agreement that effectively gives Apple the right to steal their application and release it as their own intellectual [...] [...] must sign an extensive terms of service agreement that effectively gives Apple the right to steal their application and release it as their own intellectual [...]

]]> By: michael http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-582 michael Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:55:26 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-582 Hi Joel, thank you for this. Can you recommend a tried and true apps lawyer or firm? Hi Joel, thank you for this. Can you recommend a tried and true apps lawyer or firm?

]]> By: Joel Rothman http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Joel Rothman Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:34:26 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-442 It is true that the author of the source code owns the copyright (unless it is a work for hire, or there is a written assignment). But that will not stop Apple from "stealing" from you by reverse engineering the functionality and reproducing it in non-infringing code. Just one example of many possible you could come up with. It is true that the author of the source code owns the copyright (unless it is a work for hire, or there is a written assignment). But that will not stop Apple from “stealing” from you by reverse engineering the functionality and reproducing it in non-infringing code. Just one example of many possible you could come up with.

]]> By: bert http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-441 bert Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:25:38 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-441 Ok... I'll bite. Is there not an automatic copyright on anything I produce, such as source code and the app from which it is derived? If so, why should I be concerned? Ok… I’ll bite. Is there not an automatic copyright on anything I produce, such as source code and the app from which it is derived? If so, why should I be concerned?

]]> By: Joel Rothman http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Joel Rothman Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-377 You are welcome! You are welcome!

]]> By: Milind Lele http://www.appslawblog.com/can-apple-steal-my-iphone-app-ideas-and-get-away-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Milind Lele Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:35:34 +0000 http://www.appslawblog.com/?p=452#comment-376 Joel: Thanks for publicizing this! I think it is essential that the developer community know about what economists call "asymmetrical relationships" and I call "David vs. Goliath - bad ending". MML Joel:

Thanks for publicizing this! I think it is essential that the developer community know about what economists call “asymmetrical relationships” and I call “David vs. Goliath – bad ending”.

MML

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