Nothing lasts forever and by the looks of it, Android seems to be picking up quite the pace these days in the mobile App area....with less restrictions and APPLE B.S
I assume Steve will sue Them also for taking away marketshare from Apple....

One would ask why would developers still opt for Apple platform for their apps when the situation is so dare (no constants, at-the-whim changes, no whitepaper for applying the apps etc.).

Well, the answer, of course, is because they want the money form millions of drone users that buy apps like there is no tomorrow.

So actually it is their own fault, since they known the situation for a longer time than us, the users/readers.

And hence, no pitty for the greedy. They could have (or maybe they do) made money in Android Win marketplaces, there was no obligation so it was a choice of their own :)

No need for discussion at all.

I wish they would market an iPad.... with an iApplicator.

Keep alienating the developers who made your iToys so popular and you may find that developing for a more "open" platform that has more than one device, vendor, and network, is a much more attractive and profitable venture for spurned developers. Pretty soon, you will be surrounded by Androids. What then?

Instead of [appname]Pad it should be renamed MAXI[appname]. Although I doubt the iFuhrer will like that name either.

Even though the hardware has been long discontinued, there was news of related intellectual property rights having been renewed recently for the Newton MessagePad from Apple. I wonder how that might fit into the picture.

By Jobs' rationale, couldn't Lenovo sue Apple to death with the Thinkpad name as prior art?

Our app was also rejected for using the word "Pad" in our app name. The rejection letter clearly stated that we were using the mark "iPad" in our app name and that were prohibited. If the word "Pad" is trademarked by Apple, we should have been specifically denied for using the mark "Pad", not "iPad". Should Apple actually own the mark for the word "Pad", I would really like to see that.

Also, they shouldn't single out certain developers and not all of them. There are tons of other apps that are approved every day which use the word Pad in their app names. I spoke with developers who were approved for apps with the word Pad in their name after my app got rejected.

Here ya go Steve, Maxi-PAD, control pad, etc, :)(had to say it) sick your lawyers on them every thirty days, none will return.

Wow, Kotex, StayFree, OB and other women's product makers had better watch out -- all of their product titles infringe on Apple's "pad" trademark too!

The operative issue here is whether these smaller companies can afford to sue Apple for forcing them to change application names or even if such lawsuits would be productive. In these cases, Apple can always fall back on the contract terms for the app store, which gives Apple pretty much a free hand.
Only if the selling venue was outside the Apple store would Jobs have to really lean on his trademark lawyers, and again it would mostly fall to legal budgets and patience.

Actually, an iPad app using the word PAD in its name, may indeed constitute trademark infringement.

I am not a trademark lawyer, but then neither are the other people posting their opinions.

But I'd bet Apple has a few on staff. You think Jobs ever talks to them?

Sunny Guy

@Neil:

While Apple now owns the iPad trademark, it apparently doesn't hold the iPAD trademark.
And the developer in question didn't have "iPad" in his app's name, only "pad"...

In a court of law, obviously Jobs would lose a trademark challenge. However, in the applications store, he is God. This isn't the first time people realized Apple could change the rules for application distribution whimsically, is it?

Best thing about the PAD? ??

RUNS Windows 95!!!

According to cnet, the trademark has been transferred from Fujitsu to Apple.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20001294-260.html

Do keep up.

As for Jobs, what a turd.

Although I don't feel any sympathy for the developer - maybe he should choose a more open platform in future...

Apple users have no need for a Bible app anyway, as they worship the "Jobs"!

That is Notepad.