Flappy Bird still has a chance to return to the App Store and Google Play. But this is not what you think.
Dong Nguyen withdrew its title $ 50,000 per day blackout of apps. But people want to revive the game that makes crazy. Here is how they intend to proceed.
Following the withdrawal of Flappy Bird, many developers wanted to build on the success of it by throwing clones. Unfortunately for them, it seems that Google and Apple have decided to reject these "Flappy Games" of their apps stores. The reasons are obvious: protection of intellectual property Ndong Nguyen and possibly avoid confusion of names on the blinds.
But ambitious entrepreneurs now want to appropriate the name "Flappy Bird", saying that the "trademark" became available following the withdrawal of the game Phonandroid Our colleagues have already identified seven companies that have submitted their applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office , to appropriate the trademark " Flappy Bird ".
And one of the favorites is now a company named "Love kv" , aka OneClick Studios. It has already developed its own "Flappy Bird", which has already been proposed for the App Store and Google Play (refused for sure).
As you can see in this video , the Flappy Bird developed by OneClick does not fundamentally change the truth. But Phonandroid (which could test the game by installing a. Apk file) noticed some graphical improvements, more fluidity and support for Google Play Games. The developer has the ambition to monetize this "Flappy Bird" bis with ads, if all goes well.
However, even if OneClick obtains the right to use the name "Flappy Bird", it is not certain that Apple and Google accept the application (which is ready). The last word belongs indeed to the two firms. But where OneClick gets the "Trademark", he said he was ready to change the contents of his game to comply with the policies of Google and Apple.
The OneClick project and those of other companies have followed this maneuver is rather risky. Besides Apple and Google a potential refusal, despite the "Trademark" (for the name), you can also ask what might happen if Ndong Nguyen decided to relaunch the original. There, it will be complicated.
There are still a few days of speculation (most of which were based on fake publications) suggested a possible return in force Flappy Bird (the real one).