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Apple Gets Google to Pull iOS Control Center App From Play Store

Posted July 30, 2013 at 3:35pm by iClarified · 13340 views
Apple has sent a copyright infringement notification to Google getting them to pull an iOS Control Center like app from the Google Play store, reports BGR.

"Control Center developer Hi Tools Studio has contacted BGR via email to state that its original Control Center app has been pulled from the Google Play store. A Hi Tools Studio spokesperson says Google pulled the app after receiving a complaint from Apple and he forwarded an email from Google"

Location_of_copyrighted_work: The application “Control Center”, which is available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easyandroid.hi.controls, copies, without authorization, the “Control Center” feature of Apple’s iOS 7. Apple owns the copyright in its iOS software and each of the features thereof. The aforementioned application infringes Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) copyright rights in the iOS 7 software.

Represented_copyright_holder: Apple Inc.


Even though Google pulled the app, a new 2.0 version of the app has been submitted and is now live on the Google Play store.

You can watch a demo of the app below...

Read More [via CultofAndroid]