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esusatyo on Sept 24, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: iMessage for Android

Remember this is Play Store not App Store. Apple can not pull anything out of the Play Store.

What they can do is to shut off the backend because they probably don't have rights to use it anyway.

tomflack on Sept 24, 2013 | [–]

They don't need to pull anything, just have their lawyers tell Google's lawyers that their iMessage trademark is being infringed. Gone.

37prime on Sept 24, 2013 | | [–]

Bruce Sewell’s office can always send a letter to Google Play Store. Most likely Google Play store would comply.

est on Sept 24, 2013 | [–]

You can pull it off for Trademark infringement

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