Developer Registration

I got bit by this bug.  I chose a name for the company, registered the business and then got the domain name.  Then I applied to Apple for the Developer License.  

Then I waited and waited.  I checked the net and people had spend lots of time waiting.  If you register as an individual then that is pretty quick but as a company/business it can take time.  Eventually I got in contact them and they said there was a issue.

To cut a long story short, they had a problem with the name I had chosen.  I tried to register under a business name called ClockworkApple.  I thought it was a cool name and I hadn't thought about the trademark issues.  After I submitted I realised that Apple might have a problem with "Apple" but then I found a number of developers that had companies with "Apple" in their name.

Well Apple refused my application.  I registered a new company name and domain and then submitted again.  This time they didn't like that I called the company "Clockwork Applications" but applied for Clockworkapps.  They needed the names to be the same.  This was pretty easy to fix and then I got my registration.

It seems that Apple is getting a little more strict on use of their trademarks.  And in the App Store world, their word is law.

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