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Apple Orders Memory Game Developers To Stop Using 'Memory' In Names

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An anonymous reader writes with this bit of trademark absurdity from geek.com: "Ravensburger is a German gaming company that specializes in jigsaw puzzles, but has also expanded into other areas such as children's books and games. The company owns the trademark to a board game called 'Memory' and has demanded Apple stop offering apps that have the word 'memory' in their title or as a keyword associated with an app. It may seem ludicrous such a common word can be trademarked, but apparently this is a valid claim as Apple is now serving notices to app developers. The choice an infringing app developer has is to either rename their app or remove it from the App Store."

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  1. I Can See It Now by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Memory Game
    That classic game of remembering is back in this awesome new iPhone app!

    Apple: Please remove 'memory' from the title of your game or we will remove your game for you!

    The Memorie Game
    The Anglo-Normans are challenging your ability to remember in this awesome new iPhone app!

    Apple: Don't be a smartass, you know what we mean. Please remove 'memorie' from the title of your game or we will remove your game for you!

    The Memoria Game
    Which cards had Marcus Aurelius beneath them and which cards had Marcus Annius Verus under them?! This classic challenging Latin game of remembering cards is in this awesome new iPhone app!

    Apple: Goddamnit. Okay, no Latin root words of Memoria, okay? You'll be sued, we'll be sued, they own everything related to mem- and as preemptive warning, no 'mnemonic' shit either, okay? It's all owned by someone else!

    The Apple Can Go Fuck Itself Game
    Which company is making Apple its Intellectual Property bitch today? Try to find out in this classic game of "wait, what card was that again?"

    Apple: Approved.

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    1. Re:I Can See It Now by pla · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, about all those letters(tm) you keep using in your apps to form words(tm)? Scrabble's lawyers would like a word with you...

    2. Re:I Can See It Now by OzPeter · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Memory Game

      That classic game of remembering is back in this awesome new iPhone app!

      Apple: Please remove 'memory' from the title of your game or we will remove your game for you!

      I prefer The Mammary Game

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    3. Re:I Can See It Now by jameshofo · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Scrabble v Apple trial hit a standstill today when lawyers broke down trying to converse about the ability to recall information from ones own mind.

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  2. I run the risk of Godwinning this thread by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or instead of calling it "Memory", call it "Concentration Camp". Defeat the detainment camp guards at a game of Concentration to earn your freedom.

  3. Re:What fresh bullshit is this? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, Apple. This claim is bullshit. Stand up for the developers who make your App Store and ecosystem a success.

    Apple just doesn't have the cash to fight a small boardgame company from Germany.

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  4. Re:And this is why I'll never live in a walled gar by Jessified · · Score: 2, Funny

    The funny thing is: what's a more common word than 'Memory?' How about 'Apple?'