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'ios' already existed as an operating system waaay before the iphone was a glint in Jobs' eye. Cisco network equipment runs ios.
Apple supposedly actually has a license deal with Cisco over that.
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After playing a number of King games recently, they are all 'reimaginings' of old classics. Candy Crush is a little more original in terms of additional difficulties, but some of them are basically lifted wholesale. The originality from King is the polish and the art, not the gameplay.
That's a weird argument. Bejeweled and Peggle (two VERY polished games, both made by PopCap games) were blatantly ripped off. (Candy Crush and Papa Pear by King are almost identical ripoffs, save for sprites). How are the games by PopCap not polished? It irritates me even more that King copies TWO games from the same company... They truly are the new Zynga.
Lawyer here. I once received a C&D letter for my business, vblood.com, a vampire themed energy drink from a competitor claiming they owned the TM rights to "blood" for beverages. That was a little different they filed the TM in the wrong category and I claimed defense of "descriptive use" how else would a blood themed beverage be described? However, the Candy Crush Saga creators are even further behind the 8-ball on…
As I understand it, people trading with that name BEFORE the trademark was filed, can continue to use the name as well.
*it is best not to answer legal questions generally, the answer will always be: maybe. A legal analysis must be done with specific facts
IP lawyer here: No, they haven't trademarked it. They've applied for one. It's been approved for publication in the official gazette. It is now on step 11 of http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/ This means anyone who wants to object now has 30 days to object to the mark. You can imagine they will, given how broadly they claim this mark (plus the examiner should have objected) So basically, rather than complain an…
Anyway, it is absurd, and everyone involved (applicants and those who approved it) should face defenestration.
Title and controversy aside, can anyone read this phrase while keeping a straight face? “Lots of devs are frustrated cause it seems so ridiculous” says Benny Hsu, the maker of All Candy Casino Slots – Jewel Craze Connect: Big Blast Mania Land.
Think of Apple, for example. Nobody is going to expect the electronics giant to lay claim over the fruit, but if someone were to try to market an electronic device under that name, you’d better believe their lawyers would swoop in. Ironically the reverse happened. Apple always had an uneasy trademark situation with Apple Corps (A holding company owned by the Beatles which owns Apple Records). Apple kept "entering the…
Apple tried to prevent a supermarket chain here in Australia from using a logo which stylised their "W" as an apple, one that looked nothing like Apple's apple.
One minute you're riding high on top of the world, pushing your monopoly of addictive multi player hallucinogenic Can-D on a global social network of Mars colonists, who get hooked on your freemium layouts, then blow all their money on in-app purchases of miniature virtual fashion accessories and appliances for their avatars.
Then all of a sudden, some tri-stigmatic transhumanly evolved hipster bastard comes along with the even more addictive alien hallucinogenic Chew-Z imported from the Prox system, and not only hooks all of your users and dries up your downloadable content business, but actually provides infinitely better one-on-one real time online customer service.
I mean, what kind of a dick head move is that??!
http://totaldickhead.blogspot.nl/2008/10/back-with-vengeance...
It seems to be the next domain name rush.
On a more serious note WTF?
I seriously see app store collapsing if they let this kind of thing slide.
Either that or all the apps will have weird name so the don't infringe on anybody.
I feel sorry for the developers that need to come up with a name for their apps.
IP lawyer here: No, they haven't trademarked it. They've applied for one. It's been approved for publication in the official gazette. It is now on step 11 of http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/ This means anyone who wants to object now has 30 days to object to the mark. You can imagine they will, given how broadly they claim this mark (plus the examiner should have objected) So basically, rather than complain an…
Wait... they started harassing people about a trademark that is not yet granted but in a phase where people can object to its granting ?? That sounds like a monumentally stupid thing to do... wouldn't the sensible thing be to keep as quiet as possible about it exactly during this step?