We’ve been trying to get an update out to our first iPhone game, iTD, for awhile now. We added a few new levels, sound effects, some bug fixes and also high res iPad support. The problem we are having is the name. You see, iTD is a tower defense game(One of the first on the iPhone). iTD originally stood for “iPhone Tower Defense” but Apple made us remove “iPhone” from the name awhile ago, so we made it “iTowerDefense.” Now a company is claiming they have a trademark on “Tower Defense.” I know a few other companies have run into them and had some problems, but what can you really do? Tower Defense games have been around for a LONG time… it boggles my mind that they could get such a trademark through.
Now we have to change the name, or spend way too much money and time on a bunch of lawyers. The whole iPhone app store is a huge mess when it comes to copyright and trademark infringement. Every developer I’ve talked to has some story about being threatened or being copied, the whole system is just so ridiculous. So, we are going to change the name… it just isn’t worth it to fight this, but it really does piss me off!
Anyways, I’ll leave you with an iPad screenshot of one of the new levels. I hope we can get it out soon.
New iTD Level 'Yin-Yang'
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