Copying Google Reader UI

1 points by sawantuday 13 years ago | 1 comment

I am trying to develop a small duplicate of Google reader and want to use the same UI as Google reader have.

As this product is going down in few days. Will this copying affect me in any way. I am not planning to affect the income of Google or earn something using this clone. I just want the reader to be alive. At the most I may request donations for hosting the app.

Will this copying affect me in any way.

macmac 13 years ago |

If by copying you mean an actual copy, including layout, colors, text, icons etc. that would clearly be a copyright infringement, as well as potential infringement of other intellectual property rights, as well as a potential breach of any applicable acts on fair trade, marketing etc. If by copy you mean producing a UI inspired by or following a similar structure the answer is more likely - but not certain - to be no. In relation to the intellectual property rights related problems it is of no consequence that Google's product is being discontinued, until the rights themselves expire.