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Candy Crush maker quietly files to drop rights to the sweet word after a saga of bad press
Read More »King withdraws ‘candy’ trademark application in US
Candy Crush Saga studio King has withdrawn its attempt to trademark the world candy” in the US. Kotaku originally spotted the reversal, with King later clarifying that it pulled the trademark application after it successfully acquired the preliminary rights to the phrase candy crusher.” "King has withdrawn its trademark application …
Read More »King’s Candy trademark filing "makes complete sense"
The decision to trademark the Candy name is a perfectly logical one, a UK lawyer has argued. Publisher King has come in for a heap of criticism following its move to protect its Candy Crush Saga brand, but Marks & Clerk trademark attorney Aidan Clarke says that it would have …
Read More »IGDA comments on King’s ‘overreaching’ and ‘predatory’ trademark claims
Developer association says 'Candy' and 'Saga' claims are a move against industry openness
Read More »IGDA speaks out against King’s trademark filings
The International Game Developers Association has released a statement chiding Candy Crush Saga developer King’s recent trademark attacks against other developers. Games Industry posted the organization’s statement, attributed to executive director Kate Edwards, and the group confirmed it has its business/legal special interest group looking into the issue of King’s …
Read More »Candy Crush Saga firm King files for IPO
Developer could be aiming to raise as much as $500m from flotation on New York Stock Exchange
Read More »Candy Crush Saga’s King files for IPO
Free-to-play specialist King has filed for an IPO as it plans to go public. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange as King Digital Entertainment using the ticker symbol ‘KING’. The filing also revealed that King’s 2013 revenues hit $1.88bn with net profit reaching $567.6m. That’s up a …
Read More »CandySwipe dev: King trademark claim ‘taking away my livelihood’
Albert Runsome claims developer copied his own game, CandySwipe, released in 2010
Read More »King accused of Candy Crush Saga IP theft
In a dramatic twist to the Candy Crush Saga saga, an indie dev has accused King of stealing the idea for its IP in the first place. CVG reports that Albert Ransom, the creator of 2010 title CandySwipe, has been told by authorities that he may have to cancel the …
Read More »King opens up game dev internship programme to 100 students
12-week stint at Candy Crush developer begins in July across Europe
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