The developers behind the popular Delta Game Boy emulator for the iPhone said they updated the app’s icon today to avoid potential legal action from Adobe.
“Adobe threatened legal action unless we changed our app icon – so we did,” read the release notes for the latest version of Delta on the App Store.
The previous Delta icon looks like a mirrored version of the Adobe logo, which is a registered trademark in the US and other countries. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, companies have an obligation to enforce their trademarks, and failure to do so can ultimately result in the loss of trademark rights.
Icon of the previous Delta application“Without proper control over time, the original owner of a mark may lose any trademark rights it has in the mark,” says the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Apple has trademarked its logo in similar ways over the years, including in 2020 when it filed a complaint against a small company with a pear logo.
Thanks, Parker Ortolani!
Update: On the edge shared some more details about the situation and says that Delta’s current logo is only a temporary solution as it designs an entirely new icon.
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