Lulz. In which reality is this, again, exactly?
Oh, the pot says the kettle!
Zynga always leaves me with a grin when I hear about them, that's for sure..
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...Wait a second!
Darn you, troll! DARN YOU!!Raiyan 1.0 said:
..Ruins all the fun!
Zynga to sue DC over the name 'SmallVille'
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Zynga always leaves me with a grin when I hear about them, that's for sure..
Edit:
...Wait a second!
..Ruins all the fun!
They were winning but hardly by a wide margin both statements are pretty big exaggerations as for the most part it was quite close with both companies pulling ahead at times.EverythingIncredible said:
DracoSuave said:
Reading comprehension FTW. Read my sentence back to me and tell me what I said. There's always somebody around who feels a need to prod other people for no good reason. And it's all the worse when it's because he himself doesn't "get" something. I understand that they are not the same thing, but the outcome of both is usually to seek a large cash settlement. That is what they have in common. Far be it from me to incur the wrath of a magician however, so I'll say "thanks for letting me know that".Ghengis John said:
The difference is actually very major:Ghengis John said:
A copyright holder does not need to defend the copyright. Criminal law can get involved here, but there's no registration office, nor does it have anything to do with the sale or marketting of products.
A trademark holder MUST defend their trademark or they forfeit it. Criminal law never gets involved, and there's a registration office. Trademarks only have to do with branding, sales, and marketting, and it's so that two competing products cannot get confused with one another by the consumer.
One has to do with intellectual property, and creative work, and the other has to do with marketing and branding.
Trademarks are considered more serious business than copyrights because of that 'sales and marketing' reason.
This is actually a helpful post, but I looked this up after the last guy pointed it out to edify myself. Are you studying this Draco or is it just a field of interest?DracoSuave said:
Because, apparently, the average person can't differentiate the noun "farm" from the adjective "small". Also, I think DC having a seventy year old claim to the name should blow this straight out of court.
This is going to sound weird... but I can see their point - even if this isn't a "real thing."
'Smallville' has always been just that... 'Smallville'. Changing the name to 'SmallVille' most certainly suggest at least some form of connection to the '[]Ville' line of 'games' from Zynga. What purpose does this serve? In comic, book, movie and TV form, the name has been presented as 'Smallville'. DC dug themselves into a whole here by changing it after "seven decades". Well, they would have anyway.
If it were me, I'd argue:
"...that the presentation choice of the 'V' capitalisation that Zynga has employed constitutes a plain text logo for purposes of brand and/or series recognition as has been evident in all of their '[]Ville' series until today.
DC altered the presentation of the name of their copyrighted entity seventy years after the creation of said entity when adapting said entity for a web browser based game, of which the '[]Ville' series is both a large and highly prominent series.
The alteration of the presentation of the 'Smallville' copyright can and should be viewed as an attempt to either directly or indirectly misappropriate the goodwill and/or recognition of the '[]Ville' series for the purposes of furthering DC's market share and/or profit."
'Smallville' has always been just that... 'Smallville'. Changing the name to 'SmallVille' most certainly suggest at least some form of connection to the '[]Ville' line of 'games' from Zynga. What purpose does this serve? In comic, book, movie and TV form, the name has been presented as 'Smallville'. DC dug themselves into a whole here by changing it after "seven decades". Well, they would have anyway.
If it were me, I'd argue:
"...that the presentation choice of the 'V' capitalisation that Zynga has employed constitutes a plain text logo for purposes of brand and/or series recognition as has been evident in all of their '[]Ville' series until today.
DC altered the presentation of the name of their copyrighted entity seventy years after the creation of said entity when adapting said entity for a web browser based game, of which the '[]Ville' series is both a large and highly prominent series.
The alteration of the presentation of the 'Smallville' copyright can and should be viewed as an attempt to either directly or indirectly misappropriate the goodwill and/or recognition of the '[]Ville' series for the purposes of furthering DC's market share and/or profit."
You'd be surprised. In fact, this nonsense reminds me of Apple's attempt to patent the letter 'i'. Go figure.canadamus_prime said:
Wasn't there a news post not so long ago saying that Zynga were having tremendous financial problems and dwindling user numbers? This whole thing smacks a bit of desperate attention-whoring.
If it took them years to come up with what they have, they're either stupid or have spent those years picking their noses.zehydra said:
I hate Zynga more than anything, but they have a point. The decision to capitalize the V is a blatant attempt to cash in on the similarity. Otherwise it's a completely arbitrary decision.
If they just called it "Smallville", that would be one thing, and I doubt many would be confused. Calling it "SmallVille" is unnecessary.
If they just called it "Smallville", that would be one thing, and I doubt many would be confused. Calling it "SmallVille" is unnecessary.
As stupid as this lawsuit is, I am with Zynga. While they have the memory span of a two-year old, they do raise a valid point. We all know Smallville as Clark Kent's home. But SmallVille? I'd expect a 'Ville game filled with midgets.
While most of their claim is complete tripe, DC don't need to get in on this stupid idea of the 'Villes.
And given American Law, Zynga could actually win this.
I now feel incredibly dirty and am going to take a shower now.
While most of their claim is complete tripe, DC don't need to get in on this stupid idea of the 'Villes.
And given American Law, Zynga could actually win this.
I now feel incredibly dirty and am going to take a shower now.