Developer Manton Reece details the prolonged App Store review ordeal for Inkwell, an iOS RSS/Micro.blog companion app submitted on April 21st. The app has faced multiple rejections across seven guideline categories: missing content reporting/blocking features, a broken Sign in with Apple button, questions about monetization, in-app purchase requirements under guideline 3.1, design issues, lack of account deletion, and a trademark dispute over the name 'Inkwell' — which Apple trademarked in 2002 for a now-defunct Mac handwriting feature but whose trademark is listed as 'dead' by the USPTO. Despite removing features, limiting storefronts to the US (leveraging Epic vs. Apple rules), and appealing to the review board, the trademark issue remains unresolved. The developer questions Apple's authority to enforce a lapsed trademark through App Store gatekeeping.
