EA wins suit to have 'Edge' trademark canceled
Edge Games CEO Tim Langdell's hold on the Edge name is no more. A California Court of Appeals has ruled the trademark should be canceled, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has complied.
Edge Games CEO Tim Langdell's hold on the Edge name is no more. A California Court of Appeals has ruled the trademark should be canceled, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has complied.
The USPTO notice (via Polygon) cancels five trademarks with various versions of "Edge" in them that Langdell had used to sue games that attempted to use Edge in the title. He attempted to sue Electronic Arts over the game Mirror's Edge; EA fought back.
Publisher Mobigame is also celebrating the news, as Langdell had forced the temporary removal of the iOS game Edge off the App Store for almost three weeks in 2010. "It took us two years to create Edge from scratch, then we waited four additional years for this day to happen," Mobigame's David Papazian wrote on developer Two Tribes' website. "This story represent six years of our lives but now the road is totally clear for Edge."
To mark the event, Edge is on sale for PC, iOS, and Android until April 22.
Of course, Langdell isn't going quietly, filing a protest with the court objecting to the cancellation.
-
Shacknews
replyJohn Keefer posted a new article, EA wins suit to have 'Edge' trademark canceled.
Edge Games CEO Tim Langdell's hold on the Edge name is no more. A California Court of Appeals has ruled the trademark should be canceled, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has complied.-
Haha, awesome.
That Langdell is a douche! -
Finally. What a troll that guy is
-
I fail to see how such a common word can be locked by a trademark in the first place.
-
ask Monster
-
-
Apple is only applicable to computers.
Apple Corps holds the beatles ip, theres an apple works software company somewhere around where i am, and you know, god makes APPLES, those things you eat.
-
-
-
-
-
It was to the point where Future Publishing licensed Edge from him, so they could keep publishing Edge magazine.
-
What in the fuck. The court really needs a more streamlined system to strike down patent trolling. That it took a massive company like EA to deal with it, just shows how easy it is for patent trolls to get away with this shit. They can basically fleece everyone as long as they keep away from big players.
-
Whatever. Same problem.
-
-
-
