Take-Two Interactive, the owner of GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games, and Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake 2, are locked in a trademark dispute over their R-depicting logos.
Assholes. This is clearly not infringing, because they are quite different. If this goes through, we will have the copyright wars on letters, where one company blocks all others.
Trademarks are very different from patents. They are the one form of IP that basically everyone should be okay with. Unlike copyright and patents, they are more about consumer protection than about control.
It absolutely is an important distinction when you’re saying “stuff like this happens a lot” with reference to patent-trolling, but there’s no such thing as “Trademark-trolling”
Are they going to go after Rackspace Hosting next? After all, that’s another technology company that uses an R logo. Or do they get a pass because it’s a lower case R. Didn’t know if Take-Two had a monopoly on all R logos or just capital ones.
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Assholes. This is clearly not infringing, because they are quite different. If this goes through, we will have the copyright wars on letters, where one company blocks all others.
Will have? Frivolous patent-trolling has been a thing for a long time. It’s a massive waste of public resources.
Trademarks are very different from patents. They are the one form of IP that basically everyone should be okay with. Unlike copyright and patents, they are more about consumer protection than about control.
Eh, not really an important distinction in this context but sure
It absolutely is an important distinction when you’re saying “stuff like this happens a lot” with reference to patent-trolling, but there’s no such thing as “Trademark-trolling”
Just because there isn’t a common term for it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Can take two go fuck themselves for once man
I hope Take Two loses this, what an absolutely disgusting publisher to file something as baseless as this.
There is no star or blue/yellow background on Remedy’s logo, even the R is a different color
Unfortunately, they’ve won these frivolous, copyright-trolling lawsuits before.
That’s sad to hear, ugh…
Thanks for sharing the article though, I never knew they went after that game
There has been tons of stuff called “It takes Two.” Why go after just the game?
Just Take Two being their usual asshole self.
Are they going to go after Rackspace Hosting next? After all, that’s another technology company that uses an R logo. Or do they get a pass because it’s a lower case R. Didn’t know if Take-Two had a monopoly on all R logos or just capital ones.
What an idiotic reson.
The battle of the Rs
In both meanings of the letter.
“You can’t use that R! That’s OUR R!”
It doesn’t even look the same at all! do they really think they own the letter R?
I hope they both go down when Team Rocket hears about this
Next up: Apple sues orchards for producing fruit shaped like their logo.
Not as bad but there is this https://www.popsci.com/technology/apple-swiss-trademark/ I guess Apple wants to own the apple fruit image.
It’s actually Apple records sues computer company for stealing their name.
Apple is actually infamous for doing exactly that kind of patent-trolling.
Aren’t they working together on the Max Payne remake?
How does this shit get to court when they are literally partners in something?!
The answer is greed.
“Greed” doesn’t explain why a company that’s actively collaborating with another company in the pursuit of money is fucking with that collaboration.