# IP Protection, Copyright, Patent, Licensing Advice Needed

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/ip-protection-copyright-patent-licensing-advice-needed/356871>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ip-protection-copyright-patent-licensing-advice-needed/356871 "2019-12-08T19:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![hansonapp6vpz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hansonapp6vpz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/hansonapp6vpz)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ip-protection-copyright-patent-licensing-advice-needed/356871/1 "2019-12-08T19:44:58Z")

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Hi

Just after some advice as to what the situation regarding protection of an app built and published to the respective app stores are via thunkable?

i.e.- If I were to build an app in Thunkable and publish to the app store and play store, would it be considered a fully fledged app witht the neccasary licensing etc, I had seen a post whereby somebody’s paid app had been able to be picked up for free due to something regarding API/APK?

Also how would one go about protecting an app built in Thunkable - could I still get a patent, copyright, Trademark in the same way I would with a normal coded app?

Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

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**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ip-protection-copyright-patent-licensing-advice-needed/356871/2 "2019-12-10T10:52:22Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Licensing - Play Store](https://community.thunkable.com/t/licensing-play-store/356932)

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**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ip-protection-copyright-patent-licensing-advice-needed/356871/3 "2019-12-10T10:52:22Z")

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