Is it legal to clone a boardgame EXACTLY into an iphone application but call it a different name?

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I’ve noticed a particular iphone app that is exactly like a very popular board game that is only 8 years old. The developer is just some guy and obviously doesnt have any license to it because it’s called a different name. Doesn’t this violate some sort of copyright? (this reminds me of the facebook court [...]