How can Mobile apps development companies protect their trademark property? In the present age of cut-throat competition, especially in the smartphone domain, mobile apps developers need to be aware of legal concerns pertaining to trademarks, intellectual properties (IP), copyrights, etc. There is immense demand for innovation in smartphone market and there are considerable numbers of developers with quest to satisfy a specific requirement first. In such a scenario, ideas can be stolen, developed into a finished application and sold while the original thinker may not be able to claim anything unless, of course, there is legal ground. Development firms and independent developers can avoid fraud and cheat through registration of copyrights, geographical indications, industrial design, patents and trademarks with respective authorities.
There are different authorities with which mobile application development companies can register their IP. Some of the global or multinational-scale IP registration organisations are:
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Organisation Africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle (OAPI) Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM)
Mobile applications are hardly restricted to a country or a region. So, these organisations are suitable for registration of IP. Specific developers such as iPhone apps developers should go through the guidelines provided by Apple pertaining to registration and protection of IP. Certain clauses of vary from company to company and