Tue, Oct 05, 2010 | 08:32 BST
Report – EA wins courtcase over “Edge” trademark
IG is reporting EA has won its courtcase against Edge Games over the trademark of the latter’s namesake. For real this time.
According to court documents obtained by the site, it denied the injunction the studio made over EA’s use of the word in DICE’s Mirror’s Edge.
The documents also said Edge boss Tim Langdell made fraudulent statements to the USPTO, with his actions not only “trolling” the games industry, but also “suspect.”
They even go as far as saying Langdell could even face “criminal penalties.”
An EA spokesperson told the site it was “pleased with the opinion issued by the court. We hope that this case serves as a milestone in protecting independent developers from nuisance litigation.”
Via GP.
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Posted in: EA, Hot
Tags: edge games, mirror's edge, Tim Langdell
12 comments
#1
Freek
05/10/10, 8:35 am
/points finger
Ha ha!
#2
Blerk
05/10/10, 8:43 am
“Criminal penalties” sounds fun! Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!
#3
Dannybuoy
05/10/10, 8:49 am
And what a cracking game Edge is! Hair-pullingly tough in places but a fantastic game with a great name. ha
#4
freedoms_stain
05/10/10, 9:20 am
This guy is living proof that the system is fucked.
How many years has this guy been living off the word Edge? And he’s been allowed to by dumb fuck judges who have ruled in his favour despite the fact that he hasn’t put out anything in what? 2 decades?
#5
endgame
05/10/10, 9:23 am
ownd!
#6
Blerk
05/10/10, 9:28 am
This possibly scuppers my plan to trademark the words ‘the’, ‘of’ and the common or garden colon.
#7
Razor
05/10/10, 10:59 am
Wheeeee!
Let’s hope this guy goes to jail.
#8
The_Red
05/10/10, 12:00 pm
Awesome!
Agreed with Razor. Let’s hope this guy indeed goes to jail.
#9
Blerk
05/10/10, 12:05 pm
And let’s hope falas14 joins him.
#10
DSB
05/10/10, 1:37 pm
About time someone put a stop to that guy.
Nice job EA.
#11
onlineatron
05/10/10, 2:35 pm
*Clown from IT Crowd episode with Millionaire loser*
*points*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa!!!
#12
AHA-Lambda
05/10/10, 6:42 pm
EA haven’t won anything!!!! check this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=409267&page=3
ea won the injunction side of things but nothing else the actual trial is over a year away!!