Apple removed my game from the app store because some company in China made a clone, trademarked the name we were already using, and then asked Apple to take down my game.

The game is Clicker Heroes. We are currently losing $200-300/day because our game had to be taken down worldwide instead of just China. ​ This company, Shenzhen Lingyou Technology Co., Ltd., received a trademark for "点击英雄" in 2015 in China even though it was already being used in our game BEFORE they trademarked it. ​ In 2014 on an asian web portal (see the date on the page - 日期：2014-11-23), my game was already using "点击英雄": [http://www.4399.com/flash/147709.htm](http://www.4399.com/flash/147709.htm) ​ Here is the 3rd party's trademark application: [http://wsjs.saic.gov.cn/txnDetail.do?locale=zh\_CN&request%3Aindex=2&request%3Atid=TID201502076251925784E278A62D728FFA0567ABB3A41&y7bRbP=KGDocqcp9RDp9RDp9KeG\_7HvvYHkWX6jkClTZU5j1HWqqxl](http://wsjs.saic.gov.cn/txnDetail.do?locale=zh_CN&request%3Aindex=2&request%3Atid=TID201502076251925784E278A62D728FFA0567ABB3A41&y7bRbP=KGDocqcp9RDp9RDp9KeG_7HvvYHkWX6jkClTZU5j1HWqqxl) \- which has a date of application of February 13, 2015. (They didn't wait long to steal it - less than 3 months!) ​ But despite explaining this as clear as I could to Apple and the 3rd party, Apple sided with the cloners and took my game down. We don't have the resources to fight a legal trademark battle in China so I guess that's the end of our game there. ​ EDIT (Friday, May 24, 2019) - Apple contacted us today and said Clicker Heroes would be reinstated in regions outside of China, and the reinstatement should take effect in the next 1-3 days. The game will still be down in China (I assume until we change the name, and re-submit it, which we're not going to bother doing).