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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 72 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Suits like this should permanently get everything you own, including subsidiaries and parent companies, placed in the public domain immediately.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure would be nice to be able to read those links.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you not able to? I don't have a problem

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The second one is behind a paywall/requires an account.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weird, doesn't seem to be the case for me.

Try this one

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ya, that one worked. Thanks for the link.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 48 points 10 months ago

Never forget the time Bethesda went after Notch for the word “scroll” being used for another one of Notch’s games.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Remember when King tried to trademark the word Candy?

[–] painfulasterisk@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know about this one. The first one that popped in my head was this

"In 2016, the Fine Brothers, formerly known as FBE, attempted to trademark the word "react" for their reaction videos."

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol I forgot about that too! Fucking morons

[–] kindenough@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me too, looked it up just now, still 20 million followers. Loads and loads of morons.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Remember when Apple totally invented rectangles with rounded edges?

[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit lawsuit. The two R logos are quite distinctive. Rockstar has their iconic star and Remedy's R is whatever it is.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Logos for those looking for them

[–] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Thank you for this. It's a pretty shit article when they don't show the comparison.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Finite people, wasting finite time, on abstract concepts. "Don't you think of us when you read the letter 'R'?" No, I think of a Rhinoceros.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

"Don't you think of us when you read the letter 'R'?" No, I think of a Rhinoceros.

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

Not surprising given Take-Two's history when it comes to trademark disputes. I'm pretty sure they went after the developers of It Takes Two because of the name, plus any random business that has Rockstar in the name.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I really wish I wasn't surprised they'd be this petty. Yet another day in the greedy corpo world