App Store guideline 5.2: Intellectual Property

What it means

• The text says an app may be removed if it uses content without permission, and that the same can happen to someone else's app if it borrows from one's own work.
• Apple provides a web form for claims that another developer on the App Store has infringed intellectual property.
• Laws differ across countries and regions, and the numbered guidelines 5.2.1 to 5.2.5 list common errors to avoid.

What reviewers look at

The guideline says an app may be removed if it uses content without permission.

Related guidelines

• Guideline 5.2.1: Generally
• Guideline 5.2.2: Third-Party Sites/Services
• Guideline 5.2.3: Audio/Video Downloading
• Guideline 5.2.4: Apple Endorsements
• Guideline 5.2.5: Apple Products

Apple's text

This page is an unofficial explanation in our own words. Unofficial explanation, not affiliated with Apple. Apple's text prevails. Apple's wording is on its page, linked below.

• Apple's App Review Guidelines, guideline 5.2

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