[tor-bugs] #20873 [- Select a component]: Trademark violations on Apple AppStore

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#20873: Trademark violations on Apple AppStore
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 Reporter:  mrphs                 |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                  |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                |     Resolution:
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Comment (by mtigas):

 See also #10549 from a few years ago. Also vaguely remember Wendy helping
 file some complaints about App Store apps named Tor, at a tor meeting last
 year.

 Not sure what the process was back then, but recently I've had a tiny bit
 of luck filing my own (Onion Browser) trademark violation disputes with
 Apple, via https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-
 services/itunes/appstorenotices/ which accepts a batch of links. For each
 app listed, I've been put on an e-mail thread with Apple legal and the
 developer of the app in question for them to provide evidence that the
 complaint is false or an assurance that they will change or remove the
 app.

 It's not perfect, though. All the apps I originally complained about are
 still on sale, most of them renamed. (Well, in one case, the developer
 receiving the complaint seems to have blown it off for a few months now
 and Apple hasn't done anything about it; I actually just followed up on
 that last week.)

 But anyway that's what I know, in case that helps.

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