![]() ![]() iFart Mobile simulates 20 different sounds of passing gas, from short toots (the “Butt Socket”), to longer drawn out farts (the “Wipe Out”), to every conceivable way of breaking wind in-between.ġ2. iFart also features a “Sneak Attack” function using a timer that emits the sound of flatulence when it goes off. The iFart novelty application boasts a number of unique features including a built-in security system designed to aurally surprise and discourage iPhone theft. Here are some of the hilarious allegations in the court documents filed by iFart:ġ1. When Apple refused, the two developers tried to clear the air on their own.Īfter intense discussions, Pull My Finger demanded $50,000 in damages and an agreement that iFart would cease using the phrase “pull my finger” in all marketing efforts. After iFart made a big stink about it in response, Pull My Finger asked Apple to butt in and help resolve the dispute. As a result of their shitty sales, the developers of Pull My Finger claimed the phrase “pull my finger” as their intellectual property, and asked that the iFart assholes stop using the phrase and stop talking shit about Pull My Finger. I never imagined a common phrase like that would qualify for Federal trademark status, and I don’t believe it does.”Įventually, iFart Mobile squeezed out more sales, relegating Pull My Finger to number two. “As a very small part of my marketing I uploaded a video to YouTube called “iFart Mobile – Pull My Finger” intending to leverage the term commonly used to set off flatulence. Pull My Finger debuted to great fanfare and was ranked high on the iTunes charts, but when iFart dropped its load in the iPhone app market, fart enthusiasts everywhere agreed that iFart Mobile was the better app, partly due to an intense marketing campaign by iFart. IFart is asking a federal court in Colorado to rule that iFart’s use of the phrase “pull my finger” does not infringe upon any valid trademark rights held by the makers of the iPhone app Pull My Finger. In legal news that stinks to high heaven, Infomedia, the developer of an iPhone application called “iFart Mobile” filed a lawsuit last month against Air-O-Matic, Inc., the creators of a competing iPhone application entitled “Pull My Finger.”
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