Edge Games "Completely Certain" of Legal Victory
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Wow, whats with some of the EA hate in here? Four years ago, yeah, but they've really cleaned up their act as of late.
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ThisBreak said:
Surely this tim "fucktard" langdell (That's right, you don't even deserve capital letters you tosspot) is reaching the "EDGE" of credibility???
I think his about to get "EDGUCATED" by EA and the LAW for fraudulant conduct and intent to subvert justice by perjury.
He claims to be developing games that can be proven to not exist. The only artwork for said games ever produced has been traced to third party artists who have given NO permission for said artwork to be used by fucktard.
So he is claiming copywrite infringement for the use of his company moniker, a company that has no games presently in production, but claims to by infringing copywrite on someone elses art to promote the falsehood of his company being a legitimate legal entity?
So:
Fraud
Copywrite Infringement
Willfull deception to a court of law
What kind of punishment can he expect in US or UK courts for this?
I think his about to get "EDGUCATED" by EA and the LAW for fraudulant conduct and intent to subvert justice by perjury.
He claims to be developing games that can be proven to not exist. The only artwork for said games ever produced has been traced to third party artists who have given NO permission for said artwork to be used by fucktard.
So he is claiming copywrite infringement for the use of his company moniker, a company that has no games presently in production, but claims to by infringing copywrite on someone elses art to promote the falsehood of his company being a legitimate legal entity?
So:
Fraud
Copywrite Infringement
Willfull deception to a court of law
What kind of punishment can he expect in US or UK courts for this?
And in other news, many small-time game makers have discovered that intellectual property trolling produces greater income in a viciously tight market with far less risk. Such litigation works because of the nebulous nature of copyrights, trademarks, and patents in the United States. High-profile companies find settlements for several million dollars less expensive than a protracted legal battle with trolls who have nothing but legal expenses. Captain Obvious has the story, Captain?
CO: "I'm standing here with Tim Langdell of Edge Games, whose protracted legal battle with EA seems set to come to a conclusion. Tim, what can you tell us?"
TL: "Well captain, I realized several years ago that actually producing content people would buy is just a ridiculous amount of work and very, very risky for someone of little real talent such as myself. I thought if I could trademark something conspicuous that would likely show up in a video game, like Death, War, Rocket, or Edge, that I could just sue people all day for using my trademark without my permission."
CO: "Do you currently have any licensing agreements for other companies to use any of your trademarks?"
TL: "Hell no, then I couldn't sue them. This whole EA thing is just the tip of the iceberg. Once companies see that I can get money from the thousand-pound gorillas, it'll be all over. I'll sue for characters dangling off the edge of cliffs. I'll sue for the edges of swordsmen's blades. And every single game company will settle instead of being hauled into court for a third of their entire game library. All I'll have paid is the cost of a few hours of lawyer time. Essentially I'd be making over $3,000,000 an hour, and I won't even be doing the actual work!"
CO: "So instead of producing your own content which could make you money, you'll be parasitically siphoning value off the creations of other people who inadvertently use your protected IP in their products."
TL: "That's it exactly, Captain. With valuation in nearly every game company I expect to buy a little beachfront property in Hawaii in the next few weeks. All my work can be done through teleconferencing with my legal team, you know. Can we wrap this up? I have a tee time with the guys from some patent-holding companies. We need to talk about how to search for vulnerable companies to sue that will probably settle immediately, to establish a precedent before taking on the big guys."
CO: "Sure thing, Tim. Just a tip though, make sure you don't slice the ball, the edge of the club can really screw up your shot."
TL: "I'm suing you."
CO: "Well folks, you heard it here first; Tim Langdell of Edge Games is about to sueball the entire universe next week. This is Captain Obvious for NotReallyNews.com."
Thanks, Captain Obvious. We'll have more on this story as it unfolds.
CO: "I'm standing here with Tim Langdell of Edge Games, whose protracted legal battle with EA seems set to come to a conclusion. Tim, what can you tell us?"
TL: "Well captain, I realized several years ago that actually producing content people would buy is just a ridiculous amount of work and very, very risky for someone of little real talent such as myself. I thought if I could trademark something conspicuous that would likely show up in a video game, like Death, War, Rocket, or Edge, that I could just sue people all day for using my trademark without my permission."
CO: "Do you currently have any licensing agreements for other companies to use any of your trademarks?"
TL: "Hell no, then I couldn't sue them. This whole EA thing is just the tip of the iceberg. Once companies see that I can get money from the thousand-pound gorillas, it'll be all over. I'll sue for characters dangling off the edge of cliffs. I'll sue for the edges of swordsmen's blades. And every single game company will settle instead of being hauled into court for a third of their entire game library. All I'll have paid is the cost of a few hours of lawyer time. Essentially I'd be making over $3,000,000 an hour, and I won't even be doing the actual work!"
CO: "So instead of producing your own content which could make you money, you'll be parasitically siphoning value off the creations of other people who inadvertently use your protected IP in their products."
TL: "That's it exactly, Captain. With valuation in nearly every game company I expect to buy a little beachfront property in Hawaii in the next few weeks. All my work can be done through teleconferencing with my legal team, you know. Can we wrap this up? I have a tee time with the guys from some patent-holding companies. We need to talk about how to search for vulnerable companies to sue that will probably settle immediately, to establish a precedent before taking on the big guys."
CO: "Sure thing, Tim. Just a tip though, make sure you don't slice the ball, the edge of the club can really screw up your shot."
TL: "I'm suing you."
CO: "Well folks, you heard it here first; Tim Langdell of Edge Games is about to sueball the entire universe next week. This is Captain Obvious for NotReallyNews.com."
Thanks, Captain Obvious. We'll have more on this story as it unfolds.
This made my day, although they should do just barely enough to avoid legal repercussions ("Jimmy Fangdell is a douchebag") and then have a disclaimer "Any reference to humans, living or dead, is entirely coincidental." (The loophole here is that Langdell isn't really human at all.)DoW Lowen said:
I think I'll go trademark the letter 'e' now. Just so I can sue Edge games for using my letter three times without my consent.
Exactly. Plus attacking the person is a weak attempt at arguing. Really Edge Games is Full. Of. Shit. In this case anyway. I mean is this really all Tim Langdell going to bother doing? Just sue anybody with Edge anywhere near their game?Woodsey said:
Yes. Very true.Archemetis said:
That sums up my opinion on the subject.
LOL, i never thought of that. That is a good question, I think if they're going to sue Mobigame for something so silly, they may as well go the whole 10 yards.HG131 said:
If I had a Death Note, I know one name I would write in it. And I would specify the death to be a million paper cuts from the edges of all the BS legal documents this guy creates.
