U.K. Judge Crushes Tim Langdell

[Kenjitsuka]

Ah, the edge of the sweet sword of justice.
He had it coming.

Funny pun!
And true, he had it coming.
Seems the court (at least this one) can make just and correct calls as well as the mistakes that most often appear on news sites.

 

[VanTesla]

Good! He sounds like a douche...

 

[cardinalwiggles]

EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE EGDE

just thought i'd get it out now that it's copyright free.

And now you'll feel embarrassed, because you've spelled all of them wrong. It's "Edge".

aha. well it's more of how my exclamation of me saying it rather than spelling it correctly but either way it was said without fear !

Well, if you read it backwards, it's spelled correctly!

AHAHA. Dyslexia has never been so hilarious i finally see what i've done wrong and apologise .

 

[FalloutJack]

$500,000 dollars and he just couldn't shut up. For that much money, I would stop ever talking about FF8 like I do around here and be HAPPY. For money like that, I would even lay off the Jack Thompson jokes, the Fox News jokes, and be kinder to my brother. And this guy couldn't stop going "EDGE!" for a while?

Pffft...dumbass.

 

[Santa216]

*blah*

The beating continued. Proudman noted that "as Edge magazine's success grew, Dr. Langdell's behavior became increasingly burdensome." Future eventually agreed to pay $250,000 to Edge Interactive Media and another $250,000 to Langdell himself, "although the total sum was paid into Dr. Langdell's bank account," to buy out all related trademarks, but then Langdell went ahead and "deliberately adopted a logo which is an obvious replica of the claimant's Edge mark."

*blah*

I'm afraid this, and all of the "$500,000!" comments are incorrect. The linked written judgement lists the amounts as $250,000 and $25,000 for the EIM and the con-man respectively:

From bailii.org [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2011/1489.html]:

42. Agreement was reached in 2004, both with EIM and with Dr Langdell. The result was a Concurrent Trading Agreement ("CTA") with EIM and a Deed with Dr Langdell. Each was paid a substantial sum of money in consideration of entering into the deeds, $250,000 to EIM and $25,000 to Dr Langdell, although the total sum was paid into Dr Langdell's bank account.

Just makin' things clear. The article probably needs an edit. Also, the full ruling is an extensively entertaining read, and I actually find it easier to understand. Good stuff.

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Looks like this is the edge for Edge games, along with it's incredibly edgy games on the edge of the edgiest edgy edge in edge land. Fuck conjugation, I just wanna say edge a lot.

 

[Dooly95]

And again, he had it coming. Now if Apple could release "I" from the trademark "words". And other people realize that you can not claim copyright on a word... Words don't even exist for Atheismo's sake...

But then jokes like this won't be possible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE&feature=related

As for whether or not we can celebrate this; we can. I'm assuming this guy spent more than he earned on lawyer fees, and he has a PhD so he should really know better anyway.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I really think they should hire him for the team that's going to be creating the Mirror's Edge sequel.

Seriously.

I mean, they'll need someone to toothbrush clean the toilets used by the actual developers, won't they?

 

[Pilkingtube]

He was doomed at section 31.

31. I have decided that I should apply some common sense to this issue.

The moment that happened she jumped on him like a tramp on a sandwich.

 

[Gaiseric]

Wow...

I have never seen a court room smack down so deliberately delivered to crush someone.

I approve. Good job judge!

 

[Andy Chalk]

I'm afraid this, and all of the "$500,000!" comments are incorrect. The linked written judgement lists the amounts as $250,000 and $25,000 for the EIM and the con-man respectively

Ah yes, so it was. Apologies for the error, which has been corrected to reflect the true amounts. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[JMeganSnow]

Andy, this article is a train wreck. Trying to follow the various pronouns and figure out who the claimant is and what their relation to the Edge trademark is by reading your article is nigh impossible. Please replace some of those he's with actual names and so forth. Ugh.

 

[Saelune]

Wait...Justice Proudman? Thats a name? Of a Judge?

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

I hereby Copyright the name Blizzard. All who use Blizzard must pay me deh moniez, kay?

In all seriousness, a moron like this has finally gotten what he deserved for screwing over lots of small game businesses with his selfish (and highly stupid) attempts.

 

[Kenji_03]

in a vaguely related point: that is one UGLY guy 0_0

 

[Kenji_03]

I wish he was even more humiliated. He cost honest small time game developers their hard earned money. He was a bully and even though I am happy he got humiliated its still not enough. I want to know what moron judge ever awarded him a victory in the first place. Even being able to copyright the word "edge" is fucking retarded.
Yeah, they finally got off their asses and fixed this fucker but the broken system is still in place. Its like when the IGDA finally decided to remove him, they only did it after he was already on his way down so they scored no points for that.

Probably the same moron "judge" who charged an 18 year old of "uploading child porn online" for e-mailing himself a video of him fucking his 17 year old girlfriend -- because the judge wanted to make an example out of him...

 

[Royas]

Normally, I don't find pleasure in such public humiliation either. In this case, I'm not feeling pleasure so much as satisfaction. Langdell, with his unethical and probably illegal behavior, has brought this upon himself. By lying in open court, he basically invited this level of destruction from the judge. If anything, I think the judge is being very lenient. I don't know UK law at all well, but I'd be willing to believe that lying to the court is a crime there, just as it is in the USA. He's lucky that all he did was lose the case, and not lose his freedom in the form of imprisonment.

A man who shoots himself in the foot loses the right to complain about the pain. Especially when he does it repeatedly. Langdell will not be missed in the gaming world.