Quick talk with a lawyer to make sure we’re on solid ground here, and then sent dp tech this email:
We just received this email and I wanted to clear this up before it becomes an embarrassment to you. Before going further, I’d like to point out a few things:
1) DishLoc was submitted to the app store BEFORE your dishpointer ar pro was released on the app store, so the argument that we copied design elements and functionality are obviously baseless.
2) dishpointer maps does not have an ‘evaluation’ copy available, so we could not have copied functionality or design elements. You can easily verify that we haven’t purchased your products with apple’s purchase history for your app.
3) Even if we had looked at your app and decided we could do better, there would have been nothing wrong with that. Or perhaps you’re suggesting that the first person to write a ‘flashlight’ app should be able to have all the other ‘flashlight’ apps removed? Take a look at how many ‘video poker’ games there are. Etc.
4) I’ve consulted with my lawyer, and unless you have an actual patent granted, you have no leg to stand on.
With that in mind, please send me a detailed list of everything that you believe we are infringing on. If I don’t hear from you within two days, I will take up matters with Apple. I don’t believe Apple would approve of developers using them to attempt to get rid of competition, and I don’t think your customers would approve of this underhanded way of trying to keep them from moving to a better product. You should concentrate on making your app better.
John Fehr
Cadabra Corp.