Langdell Loses Trademarks in Finalized Judgment
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Oh noes, does that mean Edge Games will lose it's EDGE on the market? While I admit that basing one's business model only on suing for misuse of a word is so EDGY that there are no rounded surfaces within a mile of their HQ. Actually, scratch that, they're so retarded that they may as well jump off the EDGE of a cliff. Edgy edge, edges, perimeter, edgy edginess that is based on edges. FUCKING EDGE!
Uhm, hurray for EA and common sense at least.
Uhm, hurray for EA and common sense at least.
A trademark troll who would essentially extort smaller game developers by threatening legal action against them if they made anything that contained the word "Edge" in it - they'd usually end up settling rather than trying to fight him in court over it. He made the mistake of going after EA with his extremely obvious cash-in attempt "Mirrors" (which he 'advertised' using the graphic in the news post). EA, not being a small developer strapped for cash, was quite content to call Langdell's bluff, and hurray for them for doing so.WanderingFool said:
He hasn't made a game in over 15 years but thinks that he is one of the best indie developers out there. He took the name edge, and other things with edge in it, at a time where imminent domain (I think that's where he got the rights from) allowed him to do so.WanderingFool said:
So for the last 10 or so years he has been making his money by licensing the games industry to use words like Edge. But over the past few years he has gotten even more greedy and decided to take on more and more devs and eventually EA.
A few months ago indie developers released a ton of mobile games and put the word edge in them, very funny. Of course he sued.
But all is well, the Troll king has been dealt a death blow and we don't need to worry about his stink anymore, or do we?
The only way the industry wins here is if his company goes out of business, sad for its employees but great for the fact that the revenue stream of Tim dissipates. This guy is a greedy, selfish and cruel man. He has been holding small devs to the fires for too long.
I for one have a big thank you to EA today, good news!
That's pretty much right, except that eminent domain is what they call it when the government bulldozes your house so they can put in a bypass.Bretty said:
(Actually, I think they call it something else in England so that reference doesn't really work, but you get the idea.)
Am I the only one that finds this an ironic statement coming from a company like EA?Andy Chalk said:
Or am I just confusing it with Activision? XD
In this case though, I think we can all agree that this is one tool's big idea that needed some stomping. I say Kudos to EA!HT_Black said:
That sucks. They should have buried that clown as much as possible. Honestly, what was he thinking going after EA anyway? A company with that big a piece of the game industry pie isn't going to roll over like a little house dog.Andy Chalk said:
I thought that too. He must be feeling lucky. If he doesn't, he should be.Djehuty said:
Yeah. Like they would not have few extra dollars to put for lawyersmjc0961 said:
Langdell could have been slaughtered.
He had to know that EA was not going to roll over, especially after having put so much effort into marketing an IP that they felt strongly about.
Funny thing is, their statement about this being a victory for Independant Devs is not off base. The evidence that was used to nuke Langdell's arguements was pull off of Chaos Edge's research, and they took it right off the page and pasted it into their court briefs. It was a site that the Chaos Engine put together to start attacking Langdell. They did all the work for EA's lawyers, they just had to use it to torch him.
And Chaosedge could not be happier that they did so.
Funny thing is, their statement about this being a victory for Independant Devs is not off base. The evidence that was used to nuke Langdell's arguements was pull off of Chaos Edge's research, and they took it right off the page and pasted it into their court briefs. It was a site that the Chaos Engine put together to start attacking Langdell. They did all the work for EA's lawyers, they just had to use it to torch him.
And Chaosedge could not be happier that they did so.
Short of Langdell joining the judges on American Idol or some reality show cast, I think we have heard the last of this troll. Huzzah!
You've certainly got a cheer from me!Jiraiya72 said:
And a brewskie!
Although if you guys are under the drinking age of your respective countries I'll drink them in your honour, which now makes me obligated to say;
*hick*
"I love you guys, YOUR MY BESTEST MATES YOU'S ARE!"
OT, its astonishing to think his arrogance was so great that he could beat EA's Lawyer Missiles, I mean they've got some pretty hardcore Legal Weaponry.