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[John Pugh <john.pugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Prior art is a legal risk to Canonical. While there are some
protections we have to take the initiative to verify applications.

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Dave Morley <davmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 05/08/13 14:52, Daniel Holbach wrote:
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>>> One last thing would be a prior art check unless we are leaving
>>> that to the abuse reporting mechanism? I'm assuming it will be
>>> easy enough to check that an app that is published via click
>>> won't allow an app with the same name to be submitted.
>>
>> How much of a concern is this?
>>
>
> Daniel one for legal and possibly David Pitkin.  There is however a
> chance of repercussions against canonical/developer that may put us
> and the store in a bad light.
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John Pugh
Business Development, Ubuntu Mobile