In the world of technology, being ‘inspired’ is very natural. A feature, an app, is being developed and if it becomes popular, imitations will quickly become widespread. Since the days when Facebook brought Snapchat’s main feature as Stories to Instagram and then to all of its apps, users have dominated this topic as well.

However, the experience of the Turkish company Voscreen is not just an imitation situation. From the logo to the design, from the content to the name. The whole application is exactly copied by Chinese developers. Available for iPhone and iPad users on the App Store in China. Moreover, the Turkish company Voscreen was already a well-known brand in China at that time. Of course, founder Deniz Dündar is about to sue Apple in the US on behalf of the company for allegedly “brokering the sale of the stolen application”.

We conveyed Voscreen’s experience in our video below:

A day after this video was released, the Chinese company that stole Voscreen submitted a brutal request to Apple:

Shanghai heterogeneous network technology In the text of the email the Chinese company called “The fake application’s name and logo have been changed to a different name, all metadata (structured information) collected about the application has been removed and submitted for review as such” he is writing. Additionally, the CC section of the email also features Deniz Dundar, the founder of Voscreen, who has already shared this email from his personal LinkedIn account.

In other words, the Chinese company, the Turkish company Voscreen, in spite of everything, for the purpose of reconciliation. “Come, let’s unite under our roof and enter into an investment partnership” immediately declines the offer, but decides to change the name and logo of the application, perform this update and send it to Apple for review. In Apple’s app marketplace, the App Store, these changes are reflected to users after an audit and approval process, just like new application releases.

In fact, Apple’s App Store rating rules work differently in China. It is impossible to publish applications in categories that are prohibited by government decree in the country. For this reason, the App Store in China is also very different from the App Store in Turkey, and if developers want to enter the Chinese market, On the App Store in China they have to publish the app separately.

What is Voscreen waiting for?

Apple after what happened “mediate the sale of the fake application, in this way affiliate marketing between 15% and 30%” Voscreen, which is preparing for a lawsuit in the US with allegations, will require Apple to review these rules if it wins this case. In other words, it will be asked to take steps to prevent similar grievances by requiring applications to make it harder to steal and publish.

Then, at the table also attended by Voscreen officials, Chinese and Turkish government officials, Apple, the Chinese company that copied the application, and Huawei sit down and compromise (According to Deniz Dundar’s statements, a copy of the application has also been published in Huawei’s App Gallery in China).

News and developments about Voscreen; is conveyed regardless of the financial incentives the company has pledged to disclose the alleged justification. Webtekno is on a neutral stance on #AppleVoscreenCase.