Didnt know the word Penguin is infringing on people’s copyrights. Spent 4 hours today making a platformer game with a penguin decided to called it “Penguin Adventure Runner Game” App got rejected and Google wants me to change the app title claiming it infringes on copyright. Seriously? this is just a Generic Game title, You can’t copyright an animal, you cant copyright the word adventure, runner or game. Google is getting out of hand now. A lot of the employees they have working there testing the apps have no idea what they are doing and I thought Samsung was bad. Glad I am getting into iOS now.
I will go ahead and resubmit the game in hopes that someone else will test it as Penny didn’t get her coffee today.
This will be the last app I publish to google Play, just getting tired of the treatment. Maybe if they start charging $100 a year like apple instead of a measly $25 then they can hire some professionals.
Hi Developers at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Thanks for submitting your app to Google Play. I reviewed Penguin Adventure Runner Game, com.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.penguinadventure, and had to reject it because your app title violates our impersonation policy. If you submitted an update, the previous version of your app is still live on Google Play.
Here’s how you can submit your app for another review:
Sign in to your Developer Console and change your app title so that it doesn’t imply an official relationship with an existing product or service.
Read through the Impersonation article for more details. For example, you can note relevance at the end of your app title.
Incorrect: “Ingress Guide”
Correct: “Guide for Ingress”
Make sure your app is compliant with the Impersonation and Intellectual Property policy and all other policies listed in the Developer Program Policies. Remember that additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy issues with your apps.
Submit your app.
If you’ve reviewed the policy and feel this rejection may have been in error, please reach out to our policy support team. One of my colleagues will get back to you within 2 business days.
I appreciate your support of Google Play!
Best,
Penny
Google Play Review Team