Edge Games "Completely Certain" of Legal Victory
The Edge Games circus is back in town, as Tim Langdell's company says it is "completely certain" that it will defeat Electronic Arts and Mobigame in its ongoing legal disputes over the Edge trademark.
The well-known dispute between Mirror's Edge [http://www.edgegames.com/].
But in a recent email sent to Electronic Arts [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/edge-games-completely-certain-of-win] the press is on this? When did EA suddenly become the good guys?"
"Yes, we are completely certain of winning in both the U.S. and U.K. against EA/EA DICE and against [Mobigame] on the European CTM issue," the rep continued. "We have asked Connect2Media [http://www.connect2media.com/] to remove [Mobigame's] Edge from mobile phones and are confident they will do so if they have not done so already."
But in a joint statement, Mobigame and Connect2Media denied that they have any intention of acquiescing to that demand and expressed their own certainty that Edge's trademarks will ultimately be revoked. "Both Mobigame and Connect2Media have taken extensive legal advice on this issue, and neither company considers that Edge Games has any enforceable registered trade marks in relation to computer games," the statement said.
"The U.S. and U.K. trademarks that Edge Games typically refer to when making their claims of infringement are either not yet registered, subject to revocation/opposition proceedings or irrelevant to the field of computer games," it continued. "Of those Edge Games registered trademarks which are currently subject to revocation/opposition proceedings, the legal advice obtained by Mobigame is that they will almost certainly be revoked or canceled by the respective Trade Mark Offices."
"In view of the above, neither Mobigame nor Connect2Media intend to concede to the demands made by Edge Games, by removing Edge from sale anywhere in the world, or by changing its name," the statement concluded.
Long story short: It looks like the dust hasn't quite settled on this one after all.
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The Edge Games circus is back in town, as Tim Langdell's company says it is "completely certain" that it will defeat Electronic Arts and Mobigame in its ongoing legal disputes over the Edge trademark.
The well-known dispute between Mirror's Edge [http://www.edgegames.com/].
But in a recent email sent to Electronic Arts [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/edge-games-completely-certain-of-win] the press is on this? When did EA suddenly become the good guys?"
"Yes, we are completely certain of winning in both the U.S. and U.K. against EA/EA DICE and against [Mobigame] on the European CTM issue," the rep continued. "We have asked Connect2Media [http://www.connect2media.com/] to remove [Mobigame's] Edge from mobile phones and are confident they will do so if they have not done so already."
But in a joint statement, Mobigame and Connect2Media denied that they have any intention of acquiescing to that demand and expressed their own certainty that Edge's trademarks will ultimately be revoked. "Both Mobigame and Connect2Media have taken extensive legal advice on this issue, and neither company considers that Edge Games has any enforceable registered trade marks in relation to computer games," the statement said.
"The U.S. and U.K. trademarks that Edge Games typically refer to when making their claims of infringement are either not yet registered, subject to revocation/opposition proceedings or irrelevant to the field of computer games," it continued. "Of those Edge Games registered trademarks which are currently subject to revocation/opposition proceedings, the legal advice obtained by Mobigame is that they will almost certainly be revoked or canceled by the respective Trade Mark Offices."
"In view of the above, neither Mobigame nor Connect2Media intend to concede to the demands made by Edge Games, by removing Edge from sale anywhere in the world, or by changing its name," the statement concluded.
Long story short: It looks like the dust hasn't quite settled on this one after all.
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