Candy Crush devs go nuts - sue every game that has the words "Candy" or "Saga" in its name

[felipepepe]

In a filing with the US trademark office dated February 6, 2013, King.com Limited registered claim to the word ‘candy’ as it pertains to video games and, strangely, clothing. On January 15, 2014 the filing was approved.

:kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania:

 

[Angthoron]

They aren't going after things with Crush in their name?

That makes no sense - they're going after Candy and Saga but not Crush? There's even, like, a decade-old Saga: Rage of the Vikings they could force to rename, because, like, people could be confused.

In a filing with the US trademark office dated February 6, 2013, King.com Limited registered claim to the word ‘candy’ as it pertains to video games and, strangely, clothing. On January 15, 2014 the filing was approved.

:kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania::kwanzania:

Hey, some dude patented smile emoticon the other year.

 

[Infinitron]

Maybe they don't want to fuck with Sega: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_(video_game)

 

[StaticSpine]

Candy Crush devs go nuts - sue every game that has the words "Candy" or "Saga" in its name

 

[Stompa]

Murrika ruining things for everyone as usual
:kwanzania:

 

[Darth Roxor]

rip Saga

 

[DwarvenFood]

rip Banner Saga

 

[Angthoron]

rip Banner Saga

Actually, Banner Saga devs should trademark "Ban". Imagine the amount of lawsuits Codex alone could recieve from them?

 

[Commissar Draco]

Church should patent the word ''Book'' and ''Good News'' before the and their Kwan Golem will Copy right them too.

 

[DraQ]

Default punishment for frivolous lawsuits and trademarks should include being harvested for vital organs.

 

[felipepepe]

I think I'll trademark the numbers. I would be a billionaire from all the money I would get from a industry that makes nothing but sequels.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

We oughta have trademarked RPG and all associated terms long ago.

 

[Infinitron]

You know, we could totally trademark the word "popamole".

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I want to trademark Codex and sell it to DU for a fair price: A tag!

 

[SuicideBunny]

I want to trademark Codex and sell it to DU for a fair price: A tag!

Unwanted is a tag...

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Nah. It's a custom avatar.

 

[sea]

fuck this gay earth

 

[FeelTheRads]

So when is World Of Tanks for example gonna trademark "world" and "tank". Imagine getting the army to pay up for tanks or better yet, the whole earth population for "world".

 

[DragoFireheart]

Kill all the lawyers.

Getting there:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/us/lawyer-suicides/

 

[sea]

Anyway, Polygon posted an editorial:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/21/5332560/what-kings-candy-trademark-really-means

The thing they seem to gloss over/ignore (and no, I am not a lawyer so I have no idea if this has any legal precedent or validity):

Despite the fact that the trademark on "Candy" not being fully legally valid yet, King is clearly using it already to undermine its competition or indeed completely unrelated products. King is well aware of Apple's and Google's "shoot first, ask questions later/guilty until proven innocent" stance copyright claims. King is also well aware that most games on phones are made by smaller developers who likely cannot afford legal counsel to contest the copyright claims made against them.

Effectively, King appears to be purposely and intentionally purging the market of any and all competitors that might appear under similar search terms as their own games, in what is an attempt to push their already market-leading title up the rankings and search ladder even more. This is being done in what I'd call a "bad faith" manner, with gross negligence towards and at the expense of (financial or otherwise) what are effectively unrelated enterprises which are not copyright infringing.

I have no problem with a company protecting its trademark. I am sure that King is indeed doing just that and will justify its actions on that grounds. But clearly many of the trademarks being contested are not in any way infringing, and King or its legal team appears to have put little to no thought in where or against what targets these claims are levied against.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I have no problem with a company protecting its trademark. I am sure that King is indeed doing just that and will justify its actions on that grounds. But clearly many of the trademarks being contested are not in any way infringing, and King or its legal team appears to have put little to no thought in where or against what targets these claims are levied against.

Anything to speed up the second video game collapse is ok with me.

Please dear God purge this filthy market.

 

[octavius]

So what's next? Who's gonna trademark the word "the"?

 

[DraQ]

So what's next? Who's gonna trademark the word "the"?

Sued.

 

[tuluse]

You know, we could totally trademark the word "popamole".

Don't forget VD coined the term choices and consequences

 

[DraQ]

You know, we could totally trademark the word "popamole".

Don't forget VD coined the term choices and consequences

Should've totally trolldemarked those.