Meanwhile there’s an extension on there with our company name and logo (both trademarked) that might be stealing peoples data and Google have done nothing about it after many submissions of their trademark infringement form.
Thank goodness that Google is not a court of law and you can engage the legal system for restitution. I mean, wouldn't you want to go that route anyway given the potential damage to your brand by a third-party abusing your trademark? Would pulling the extension undo all the harm the infringement caused you?
Given that these copycat extensions usually aren't giving you a way to find their creator - good luck with the legal system. And even if you can find them, what will you do about them if they are located somewhere in China? The legal route is only good enough to force Google into removing infringing extensions. For you, it means more effort and money wasted. And these malicious extensions get more time to catch unsuspecting users. Of course, after being taken down they will immediately resubmit their extension and you start from scratch. All while Google has a way to report such cases but won't act on the reports.
We should spend thousands of dollars on a lawyer for a clearly fraudulent extension... because? The legal system is a waste of time and money and is where you go as a last resort.
And yes, it would. The Chrome Web Store isn’t exactly a high traffic destination. We just want to prevent the thing from stealing data since it asks for domain permissions.
Why have the form specifically for this if you’re not going to process it? Oh wait, it’s Google... never mind.
Create an extension with similar name then cite the other for something. When they challenge you reference your trademark etc... or take them to court in front of a judge.
