SAN FRANCISCO, December 18 /PRNewswire/ -- An humanitarian effort to fight world hunger, protect endangered species and counter global warming has been sidelined for the holidays - and beyond - because of a legal challenge filed by Apple Inc.
The online game Glupod had been scheduled to debut November 29 - in time for the Christmas season. Instead, Glupod has been put on hold indefinitely because of Apple's claim that the use of pod in the game's name violates a number of Apple trademark registrations.
In development for more than two years, Glupod is the first online video game that would allow players to turn in-game winnings into food for starving people in developing countries, help for endangered species and to help global warming.
We're extremely disappointed Apple has chosen to take such a hard-line attitude against an effort that has the potential to do so much good, said Ioannis Tsiokos, managing director of Something Inc., the company that developed Glupod. No one's going to confuse Glupod with an iPod.
Tsiokos and a small band of colleagues at Something, Inc. who work online from Greece, India, the United States and the United Kingdom have collaborated to get Glupod ready for launch. The game would fight poverty and help environmental causes in the real world by turning game prizes into real-life help for social and environmental causes.
About Something Inc.
Something Inc was founded on January 20, 2006, on the Caribbean island of Nevis. Today, it is a small company dedicated to making a big difference. Its main development office is in India, while employees also work from Greece, the United States and the United Kingdom. For more information or to request press material, contact Ioannis Tsiokos or visit http://www.glupod.com. To see a video showing how Glupod works, go to http://youtube.com/glupod or view the multimedia news release on http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/glupod/31886/.
Contact: Ioannis Tsiokos, Managing Director, Something Inc., Tel: +34-675723652, Fax: +1-888-845-9303. http://www.glupod.com
Contact: Ioannis Tsiokos, Managing Director, Something Inc., Tel: +34-675723652, Fax: +1-888-845-9303.
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