Please sign this petition...

[CWells]

What is it with ass corps and claiming tyrannical rule over single words? Didn't Facebook try this with "book"? Did they win?

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

What is it with ass corps and claiming tyrannical rule over single words? Didn't Facebook try this with "book"? Did they win?

*chuckle* Not hardly!

 

[seita]

From what I remember reading about the situation, KING still doesn't have exclusive rights and won't have it for years. Their threatening of any game with "Saga" or "Candy" in the name is part of the process to legitimize their copyright claim. At this point, they can't do anything but bark loudly about any game that gets released with either of those words.

 

[Clord]

I believe that as European I don't have much a voice in this matter but I still don't accept such underhanded practices like trademarking a single word.


I mean, these petitions are more often than not aimed to residents of US.


Also about their barking, they must be hot under the collar, so to say.

 

[TheRiotInside]

Also about their barking, they must be hot under the collar, so to say.

The wordplay is greatly appreciated!

Anyway, I signed it. I know that companies exist for the main reason of profiting and growing, and to expect them to put the public interest first and foremost is naive, but come on, these are still people making these decisions, and it really says a lot about how corrupt and arrogant some of these people are to stoop to these levels.

Humans have an extraordinary potential for good and evil. This is a good example of the disgustingly evil side. I really hope I live to see a day where this kind of behaviour is shunned.

 

[Dark_Metamorphosis]

One of the most ridicilous things I have seen recently (Next to the copyright bomb on Youtube). Signed it and shared it on facebook (Even though I dont like facebook that much anymore either)

 

[Tsukihime]

So they already got the trademark for "Candy"?


Lol that's amazing. I wonder how many other corporations are going to start filing trademarks for words.

 

[ThatMaestroGuy]

I read this last night but didn't act upon it. I promptly signed this evening. And deleted the app from my phone. And went down my Skype contact list and shared the link to it. And shared it on two different facebook accounts. And made a thread about it on the forums for the game I staff for. Hopefully, it will receive more attention from these sources.

How ridiculous. Oh, human greed. To what lows shall you sink?

 

[Tsukihime]

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/candy-crush-saga-publisher-abandons-the-candy-trademark-after-acquiring-candy-crusher/


Now I'm confused. Is this old news? Or did they try again?

 

[Omega Weapon]

@Hime: reading that article made me worried about releasing games with "Candy" in the title in my own country. (I'm from the Netherlands, which is obviously in Europe)

But it's something.

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

So, The CEO of Disastercake just sent me a message... Apparently King dropped their trademark(s)...?????

Ah well.. Thanks to all who signed the petition.  I suppose somebody at King grew a brain.   
....???

Admins/Mods, go ahead and close this, I suppose... unless you see this thread fit for some further discussion...

 

[Mouser]

Trademarks - not copyrights.

If you're going to try to sway people with your opinions on IP matters, you have to learn the basics and know what it is that is being debated: Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents are all forms of protection. Each of them has different laws, different degrees of protection, and different 'lifetimes'.

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Trademarks - not copyrights.

If you're going to try to sway people with your opinions on IP matters, you have to learn the basics and know what it is that is being debated: Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents are all forms of protection. Each of them has different laws, different degrees of protection, and different 'lifetimes'.

You clearly knew what I meant right?  =/

 

[Solo]

So, The CEO of Disastercake just sent me a message... Apparently King dropped their trademark(s)...?????

Ah well.. Thanks to all who signed the petition.  I suppose somebody at King grew a brain.   

....???

Admins/Mods, go ahead and close this, I suppose... unless you see this thread fit for some further discussion...

Hopefully this is true; it would've been a new low for humanity. I value creative freedom above just about everything else. How dare anyone impose restrictions on something that should be free for everyone? To impede one's right to freely express themselves... it's a crime against humanity itself.

I might've signed the petition, but I was a little wary of all the information they asked for...

 

[TheRiotInside]

Hopefully this is true; it would've been a new low for humanity. I value creative freedom above just about everything else. How dare anyone impose restrictions on something that should be free for everyone? To impede one's right to freely express themselves... it's a crime against humanity itself.

I might've signed the petition, but I was a little wary of all the information they asked for...

For most things like this, I use Mailinator (any similar tool will work as well) to prevent giving out my email address, as well as a made up living address. No (e)mail spam that way!

 

[NPC]

It gets worse:

http://www.uproxx.com/technology/2014/04/google-pulls-ultimate-gl*******-move-tries-patent-word-glass/

 

[Solo]

It gets worse:

http://www.uproxx.com/technology/2014/04/google-pulls-ultimate-gl*******-move-tries-patent-word-glass/

...What is wrong with people?

 

[Dark Phoenix]

IANAL, but I believe trademarks can only be enforced within the context of the business they're being registered for.  Google can't sue anybody who uses the world "glass"; the trademark is to prevent somebody from releasing a similar product and calling IT "Glass".

BTW, the whole trademark-over-common-words thing HAS happened before, sadly... See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games , who's founder claims exclusive rights over the world "Edge" in video game titles.  Luckily (for developers, not for him), he tried to sue Electronic Arts.

 

[Solo]

BTW, the whole trademark-over-common-words thing HAS happened before, sadly... See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games , who's founder claims exclusive rights over the world "Edge" in video game titles.  Luckily (for developers, not for him), he tried to sue Electronic Arts.

And... they legally obliterated him, I assume?

 

[Dark Phoenix]

And... they legally obliterated him, I assume?

One of the few times you'll see the word "troll" show up in a legal decision.  The judge described the actions of Edge Games as "trolling various gaming-related industries for licensing opportunities".