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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Microsoft denied Killer Instinct trademark renewal.

    The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Microsoft's renewal application for the Killer Instinct trademark, citing "confusion" with a TV show trademark owned by FOX.
    Dec 04, 2012 11:30am PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Microsoft denied Killer Instinct trademark renewal.

    The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Microsoft's renewal application for the Killer Instinct trademark, citing "confusion" with a TV show trademark owned by FOX. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Confusion with a show nobody's ever heard of? >=( : Sideways BobThis person is cool!
      • Yup. It's a case of some straight-up bulldookie. : GreggD
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      So it doesn't matter if the original game came out before the TV-show? Bleh.. : Curike
      • Trademarks can expire from non-use/lack of maintenance. It's all about distinguishing your product and i... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
      • the consumer public is the measuring stick for trademarks. The USPTO reviewer apparently thought that peo... : RikiTiki2
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      Well that ends that revival hope then. : nodeThis person is cool!
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        They might just call it K. I. or something like that or use KI as a symbol above another title. : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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          The game hasn't had a sequel in 16 years, other than us old folks, the brand name has exactly 0 weight. T... : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
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            Yeah, this doesn't end anything. Maybe "The Killer's Instinct." There are lots of possible variations. ... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
            • Or, just call it "K.I." : GreggD
          • It's precisely that obscurity that I think would work in their favor : Cognoscenti
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          They should just call it Sabrewulf because he runs that town. Get the fuck out with your Jagos and Orchid... : Head Rush
          • just rename the girls to mongo-tits A, B, and C : RikiTiki2
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            I'm afraid you misspelled Fulgore, because he is the boss at comboing in m-m-m-monster fashion. : daneloire
            • Damn straight. : shirif
            • Fulgore was trash! Chief Thunder even had his number. : Head Rush
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              If nothing else, Fulgore had the best music. : ConfusedUsThis person is cool!
              • He had some of the best SFX too. : fribThis person is cool!
          • they should just call it CCCCOOOOMBO BREAKER! : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
          • Combo was the most underrated, crap character design but he was pretty boss anyway, tight fast combos wit... : fribThis person is cool!
          • Well, technically he did have his own games... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_Wulf : Draingored
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      KI3! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVRFz7WGRPY : vassili_zaitsevThis person is cool!
      • Jesus, somebody really bothered to make that, then of all things slapped a Wii U logo on it? : nodeThis person is cool!
    • What the fuck. That's retarded : rtrson
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      The KI lore wasn't all that great anyways. Vast majority of people loved KI solely for its mechanics. T... : asianwaste
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        kind of like guilty gear : RikiTiki2
        • The Guilty Gear and Blazblu jump is exactly what I had in mind actually. : asianwaste
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        Kindof like Clayfighter. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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          I thought the Clayfighter novelization by Alan Dean Foster was pretty good : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
          • ADF will write a novelization of anything. And it's always adequate. The guy makes most of his money that... : ConfusedUsThis person is cool!
    • so much for that : joninThis person is cool!
    • HUMILIATION!]b *cue disco music* : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • Dudes, watch this and reminisce. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkTd5m5dyF8 I forgot the dancing! : Head Rush
    • K. I. L. L. E. R. I. N. S. T. I. N. C. T. coming next fall! : fribThis person is cool!
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      Call it Killer Instinkt. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
      • Because KI2 really fucking sucked, am i right here, fellas : DeathloveThis person is cool!
    • Killer Insect is plan B. : hyperwired