Popular app Weave News Reader receives copyright claim from French company, may be delisted

We're not IP lawyers by a long shot, but we know when a visitor appears to exist making a spurious claim. Such is the case with the French site Weave.european union, who have filed a complaint against the developers behind Weave News Reader on Windows Telephone.

The claim looks to be IP trolling for a few reasons, including the fact that the French site isn't a news, or a news aggregator that uses RSS technology. What's more, their "community trademark" was established in 2022, which is about ii years after Weave hit Windows Phone style back in 2022.

The visitor appears to have several trademarks on 'WEAVE' but they do not leverage them as bodily products, products which could be confused with Weave News Reader on Windows Phone. That'due south sort of the definition of patent troll, and Seles Games believes they may be acting on behalf of RSS competitors that originate in French republic.

Regardless of the logic and seemingly nonsensical claim, Microsoft has informed Seles Games, who are behind Weave News Reader, to "fix" their app ASAP or risk having it delisted from the Store with 24-hours. So far, Microsoft has been reluctant to get in the middle of the dispute, and instead are just going through the motions, assuming that the complaint is legit.

Like we said, we're non IP lawyers, merely the claim looks to be specious from our perspective. Hopefully all the parties can come to an agreement, or at the very least, Microsoft won't fold on this without good reason. But if Weave News Reader suddenly disappears from the Store, you'll know why.

Yous can follow Seles Games on Twitter, where they're trying to raise support at @SelesGames or by tweeting @microsoft and @windowsphone. Download their apps (while you can) below:

Weave (free/ads) – Windows Phone Store
Weave ($ix.99/no-ads) – Windows Phone Store
Weave (Windows 8/free) –Windows Store

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