X-Box Trademark Delay

how about super happy fun ball?

After the moronic defense put on at the DOJ trial and neglecting to trademark "X-Box", the Microsoft legal team needs to be killed en masse.

serves them right to pick such a crappy name.

A good post made on IGN by a guy known as Micahman:

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I was just going over this in my head. Now while every magazine in the world thought DC was the greatest thing since sliced bread, it still failed horribly in the mainstream. That should be the #1 indicator that gamers like us that are "in the know", make up only a small percentage of the gaming community.
So just because you see every print mag or every pimple-faced store clerk singing praises about the X-box, does not mean that it will succeed in the long run.
To all the X-box fanboys visiting the PS2 board, tell me how the X-box could possibly acheive mainstream over the PS2 without using the following reasons:
1) Name recognition. Microsoft has the most recognized and despised names. They are thought of as a monopoly by the mainstream.
2) Better graphics. N64 AND DC had better graphics but still failed to make a dent in Sony's lead.
3) Better games. Hell, the majority of the games announced for the X-box are ports. The few that are exclusive have no mainstream appeal, yet. I like Malice, but I have seen kick-ass games like Rayman 2 DC sit on the shelves while crap games like Royal Rumble outsell it.
4) Marketing. You can't beat the master of marketing. It's what sony does best. I love it when I hear you fanboys talk about M$ good marketing. WHERE? I have never a TV or radio spot for a Microsoft product. And the only print ads I have seen are for the games.
Happy flaming.
Peace.
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This "holding company of software businesses" only registered the name in march 1999. I don't know if it went back that far, but for a long time before it was official, Xbox was floating around as MS's name for their console.

Maybe this "holding company" is just a paper business that registered the name in anticipation of selling it to MS. Then again, Xbox isn't exactly a unique name.

This isn't news. Money wins. Small guy retires.

I think the Neo Geo was worst then the 3D0, imagine paying 200 dollars for a game. I mean come on you felt bad for that one guy on the block trying to convince you the Legend of Joe was the best game ever ;-)

Prediction: MS pays company 500+ million for the name

This is easy.. XXX-Box

There is no trouble here. Even if there is MS will just throw some money at them and it will be over. A non-news item.

BTW, there's been a console similar to the X-Box released in the past.

What console?

3DO.

Maybe they'll call it... "We should've used linux for this console Box!"

I am sure Microsoft has probably been using the term X-Box internally before this other company received there trademark. If this is the true, then Microsoft will win the case.

Woot! Suck on that Microturdlickers!

They should rename it the K-Box. Their logo can be a special K...

hahahhahaha
i would laugh so hard if they were forced to rename it

Maybe they should just call it BoxX.

it could force Microsoft to rename their console or delay it's launch.

Microsoft may have to delay it is launch?

Oh please. They should know better. Uncle Bill will just buy them and put all the employees in the shipping department.

sigh... bastid!

Mine alll mine hehehe