Google Play intellectual property policy: fixes and checks
By The Draftbit team · Updated
Sources checked
This guide is for Google Play apps using third-party content, branding, or other protected material.
A working app can still need proof that you’re allowed to distribute its content. Google’s Intellectual Property policy covers infringement and features that encourage it, including material in the store listing.
Inventory the rights you rely on
List content, artwork, logos, audio, and integrated services, with the owner and relevant permission. We’d check promotional assets as well as the binary. Material supplied by a client or contractor can still need documented authorization.
Supply evidence or replace the material
Use the specific copyright, trademark, or counterfeit pages below to address the notice. Google says developers with written third-party authorization can contact its team before submission to help establish that permission.
Check the corrected app and every localization for remaining copies. Give Google the relevant rights documents and exact use. For a disputed legal question, involve the rights holder or qualified counsel rather than making an unsupported fair-use claim.
Messages this guide can help with
Intellectual property; Intellectual property policy violation; Intellectual property rejection; Intellectual property denied
Official sources
We checked these instructions against the sources below. The console layout may change, and your review decision may call for different steps.
- Google Play: Intellectual property Checked 22 September 2026