Deltathe popular Nintendo console emulator made specifically for iPhone and iPad, has risked a lawsuit and removal from the App Store. But in this particular case the now famous “ninja lawyers” of Nintendo have nothing to do with it.
Rather, the app has been accused of breaking copyright laws by Adobe, due to the icon used for the emulator app, which is all too similar to the “A” shaped logo used by the company behind Photoshop and Acrobat Reader. To avoid having to face the giant in court or remove the app from the App Store, the Delta author finally decided to change the icon in question with an update.
The reasons for the lawsuit and the solution
As we can see in the image above, on the left is the old Delta logo, while in the center is the Adobe one. The similarity concerns the triangle (which in this case can represent an “A” or the letter of the ancient Greek alphabet delta) which has a space in the lower right corner. Finally, on the right, there is the new logo adopted by Delta to avoid legal headaches, which completely abandons the old design.
“Adobe threatened legal action if we didn’t change our app icon, so we did!” wrote the author of Delta, to explain the design change. “I hope you enjoy!”.
“We responded to both Apple and Adobe explaining that our icon was a stylized Greek letter Delta, not an A, but that we would still update the Delta logo to avoid confusion.”
Launched last month, Delta is capable of emulating some Nintendo consoles, specifically NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. It also supports controllers, includes features such as quick saves and cheats, as well as accessibility options to make use on mobile devices more convenient. Immediately after launch, the emulator reached the top of the most downloaded app rankings in 35 different territories.
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