![]() "After more than two years of success, my company is focusing on our performance marketing agency. "iFart has been an unlikely success story that continues to pay dividends," said Joel Comm, creator of iFart and CEO of Digital Future, Inc. Now, the entire iFart intellectual property, including the iPhone and iPad application, all raw code, graphic design, website and proprietary technology is up for bid at eBay. It continues to receive attention as big-name celebrities air their delight at using the app. A firestorm of controversy continued surrounding the app as people debated whether Apple should have allowed a novelty app like iFart in the store in the first place.ĭespite controversy and criticism, iFart has earned its placed in Apple history as the definitive novelty app. Stories of its great success became international headlines in tech blogs and mainstream news. Initially released in the App Store in December 2008 after much controversy, iFart became an instant hit, shooting to the #1 spot. I don't know which company is in the right here, but frankly, this whole mess stinks.LOVELAND, Colo., Ma/PRNewswire/ - After more than two years of making headlines and generating millions of laughs around the world, the creators of the iFart Mobile app have placed the #1 iTunes App Store application, associated website and all rights to the brand on eBay in a first-of-its-kind auction. There are at least 75 different flatulence simulation software apps on the App Store, according to InfoMedia's filing. The iPhone fart app market is nothing to hold your nose over. Representatives from Air-O-Matic could not be reached for comment on the filing, and their lawyer did not immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment Friday evening. I have also changed the name of the video to show that there are no hard feelings." "As a matter of good will, I changed the press release the very same day they contacted me. In my opinion, their app was inferior to ours," InfoMedia's Joel Comm wrote in the blog post. "I've got nothing against the people who make Pull My Finger. In its filing with the court, InfoMedia claims the term "pull my finger" is common English slang and a "descriptive phrase" and therefore not covered by trademark. Air-O-Matic also asked that iFart Mobile be removed from the iPhone App Store, but Apple told the companies to work it out among themselves. In a blog posting, InfoMedia said it filed the complaint after an attorney for Air-O-Matic asked the company to pay $50,000 to its rival for using the terminology.Īir-O-Matic had also complained to Apple that InfoMedia was guilty of unfair business practices and trademark infringement because it used the term "pull my finger" in a news release and YouTube promo video. InfoMedia, which developed iFart Mobile, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in Colorado District Court and named rival Air-O-Matic as defendant. IFart Mobile, maker of an app that simulates farting noises, asked a court on Friday to rule that it can use the term "pull my finger" without risking trademark infringement claims by another iPhone fart app named, you guessed it, Pull My Finger. The iPhone farting app market is starting to get pretty noisy. The maker of iPhone app iFart Mobile has taken rival Air-O-Matic to court over the rights to use the term "pull my finger."
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