Hard to judge without having all the data in hand
Hard to judge without having all the data in hand
The screenshotted notice indicates it may be due to actions by the individual developer on their own account, for which the company would not necessarily have been notified.
I think Google handles these situations terribly from a PR perspective, because the moment someone posts negative publicity would be the perfect time to Google PR to show their hand and say no they are misleading the public.
There is probably a good reason they don't do that though. I could see how a company isn't really responsible for what another developer did that they may have not known about, but I don't think we are getting the full story here.
Things like this don't ruin a company though. The company should immediately file an injunction and claim against both the developer and Google. They should have done that immediately. I think they have no clue or simply don't have the money to pay an attorney so there isn't much they can do. Heck an employee could steal all their money and unless they are willing to file a lawsuit there isn't much that anyone can do.