Do Morons In A Hurry Play Games On Their iPhones?
from the use-in-commerce? dept
A whole bunch of people have been sending in the story of a guy named Tim Langdell, who claims to own the trademark to the word "edge" when its used in the name of any video game, and has used that to force a popular iPhone game, called EDGE, out of the app store. As the article points out, Langdell's last game was released in 1994, which makes you wonder if the name is still being used in commerce (a requirement for a trademark claim). And, of course, there's the question of confusion. Considering how few people have heard of Langdell's company, was there really any chance that "a moron in a hurry" would confuse a fun block game with Langdell's title's like "Snoopy: The Case of the Missing Blanket." Kotaku points out that Langdell appears to spend a lot more time these days talking to people about how he owns the word "edge" in any video game than producing or selling video games...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I have no sympathy at all for those who do not work hard but rather try to game the system in the internet age to gain an advantage without actually working. My daughter, upon hearing this story, said nothing. Just put her right hand on her forehead with thumb and forefinger in the shape of an "L". The world would be a much better place if we just laughed these jokers out of town rather than letting them try to exploit the legal system to make a buck without actually working.
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That sentence could be applied to approximately 90% of all attorneys working today as well......
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Mm hmm
....Yes we do.
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Hop on, Strap In, Enjoy The ride, but hope you know what your doing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9Gm-aRe5A
Don't know why.
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Stamp on the little guys.
I love Edge on my iPhone, it's one of the better games I have on it. Lets hope this gets sorted for better.
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Edgy
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Water as a Trademark...
Apparently, this was SOP for this particular company.
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Re: OT again
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Yeah!
Yeah, or something dumb like windows.....
oh wait...
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prior art
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People are not fully committed to the future well being of the company. They just care about the now. Can we get cash now? Can we get paid.. now?
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