I was looking at the âNewsâ section on the Play Store and I noticed that there are clear examples of IP infringement, like the original Galaxy Store watch face called âTomcatâ.
2 of them are Russians. This just shows how wester sanctions are actually working.
btw. they even do not have their business address listed which is totally against Google Play policy.
So, in short. They are taking first positions in the featured page mainly because they are using copyrighted content, making a lot of money while their own people are not able to pay for watch faces because payment system is not working in Russia.
I donât think itâs worth investing time with WFS and Google if the Play Store market works this way.
Certain watch faces are even highlighted on the Play Store (!).
Of cause this is ridiculous. For us, it looks like it should be super easy to control this, but when you have followed the situation on the Galaxy store with all there experience, you see that its not so easy to get control about the situation. For what reason ever.
In case of Google i think most things just go through automation processes and arenât manually reviewed. Like there Service center .
The Samsung solution was to add an additional field to describe each word that was displayed on the clock. This gave you facts that you could then use to more quickly (automatically) crack down on misconduct.
For us, this seems like a cumbersome solution, but it must have its reasons in the end.
Like Samsung got under pressure by big companies for that IP stuff its just a matter of time when Google run into the same problem.
But Google still has so many construction sites that it is possibly at the bottom of their list.
I think Samsung has decided to quit (business) Watch Faces side because of IP Infringement. I hope the same things donât happen with Google. Of course, Google should be stricter towards certain speculations. Seeing the âRolexâ Watch Faces featured on the Play Store is demoralizing.
So this might be one of many reasons why we are publishing right now on Play Store and not sell in the Galaxy Store. I remember Swatch sued Samsung over watch faces years back. Play Store team should take this seriously.
Iâm seeing several pirated (unofficial) watches on the play store. Hard to compete. The developer just puts âunofficial productâ but uses the brand and logo. And itâs not just Rolex, CasioâŚ
And itâs no use reporting it, because Iâve done that to some and theyâre still there. I remember that Samsung started having this kind of problem and started to be strict about it. But Google is mother Joanaâs home where anyone can do whatever they want. (Brazilian saying).
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