deceiver Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 New court documents in circulation suggest that EA is now winning the legal war against Edge Games, with trademark protection on the term ‘edge’ said to be close to cancellation. Not so, according to the man at the centre of the row, Tim Langdell. Edge Games boss Langdell tells Develop that the suggestions that EA is closing in on the controversial ‘edge’ trademark are untrue. “On the contrary,” he says, “we have won every round against EA so far, just as we predicted we would.” http://www.develop-online.net/news/3430 ... egal-fight Am I wrong to think this comes off as really childish or stupid...not sure what word to use o-o? I mean trademarking the noun "edge" as a brand and not letting anyone else use it in a title? Come on. I can understand trademarking his company name, but the noun? Ehhh. Quote
sarge mat Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 I remember hearing that after all the "edge" stuff last year, when tim arrived at a GDC party no one would talk to him. I really hope someone big like EA can bring an end to this crap. Quote
Furyo Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 Well the guy was part of the board of the IGDA in Germany I think and he got booted out after all that crap. I'm seriously cheering for EA on this one. Quote
Sentura Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 Well the guy was part of the board of the IGDA in Germany I think and he got booted out after all that crap. I'm seriously cheering for EA on this one. he was on the global igda board as far as i know... Quote
Izuno Posted March 26, 2010 Report Posted March 26, 2010 He is the new Eric Cartman of video game related litigation. Quote
Taylor Posted March 27, 2010 Report Posted March 27, 2010 He resigned from IGDA. But the few vocal other board members were adamant they wouldn’t remove him and was doing nothing wrong. I used Tim as an excuse not to go to one of their events once, though in reality I just couldn't be bothered. Quote
Sentura Posted March 27, 2010 Report Posted March 27, 2010 He resigned from IGDA. But the few vocal other board members were adamant they wouldn’t remove him and was doing nothing wrong. I used Tim as an excuse not to go to one of their events once, though in reality I just couldn't be bothered. i guess this is a sort of general view on the igda. how many people here are members? Quote
Furyo Posted March 27, 2010 Report Posted March 27, 2010 Ubisoft Montreal would generally invite a limited number of people to join the IGDA free of charge. As far as I'm concerned, the only advantage I saw in doing that (and I never did in the end) was that I wouldn't have to pay 5 dollars to go see the IGDA chapters I was interested in in Montreal. I saw 1, participated in another on Prince of Persia. Quote
Taylor Posted March 28, 2010 Report Posted March 28, 2010 Most talks labelled design are actually theorist rambles of no substance aimed at creative directors and, therefore, of little use to me. And I don't really want to do any 'networking.' Quote
Izuno Posted October 5, 2010 Report Posted October 5, 2010 Bumping due to fresh and relevant news: http://www.industrygamers.com/news/ea-v ... trademark/ The litigation against EA over the use of the term “Edge” has finally come to a conclusion, IndustryGamers learned in court documents we received today. Tim Langdell, founder of Edge Games, has been on a suing spree over the past several months, and it seems as though he has now failed to win against Electronic Arts. EA, who has long sought to get the case thrown out, and said Langdell was deliberately deceiving the USPTO, has successfully done so with today’s ruling. The court has denied Edge Games’ motion for injunction, citing that it believes that Langdell made fraudulent statements to the US Patent and Trademark Office and strongly believes that Langdell is “suspect,” and has been “trolling” the game industry for licensing opportunities. His actions could possibly warrant “criminal penalties.” An EA spokesperson told us the company is “pleased with the opinion issued by the court. We hope that this case serves as a milestone in protecting independent developers from nuisance litigation.” Of course, we have to applaud the court for using “trolling” in their official ruling. Quote
ChopperDave Posted October 5, 2010 Report Posted October 5, 2010 His actions could possibly warrant “criminal penalties.” Please, please, please....*fingers crossed*. Quote
Sentura Posted October 6, 2010 Report Posted October 6, 2010 the douchebag overhead clapping smiley would be so adequate here... ..so i went on a hunt to find it: Quote
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