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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 »King: We should never have published Pac-Avoid
Riccardo Zacconi, the CEO of King, has admitted that his company should never have released Pac-Avoid. Attention turned to the game in the wake of the Candy trademark dispute, with the accusation being that King knowingly cloned a game called Scamperghost that it had in 2009 been in negotiations to …
Read More »King’s trademark claim is blocking a Banner Saga sequel
"Saga means viking epic" say creators of acclaimed viking RPG
Read More »Stoic calls for King to lift ‘saga’ trademark dispute
If King’s intentions are as innocent as the company claim it should withdraw its trademarks dispute with Stoic, the indie dev has argued. Two years ago, the three of us at Stoic set out to make an epic viking game: The Banner Saga. We did, and people loved it, so …
Read More »King says Saga dispute is about protecting future properties
Candy Crush Saga maker King has tried to calm the furore surrounding its Saga trademarks dispute. The dust on its ‘Candy’ trademark tussle had not even settled this morning when it emerged that the company was opposing a trademark request from developer Stoic over its indie game The Banner Saga. …
Read More »King vs The Banner Saga: A message to ‘real copycats’
Candy Crush Saga firm claims it had to oppose tactical RPG to prevent other games infringing copyright
Read More »Now King targets The Banner Saga with trademark claim
Candy Crush Saga maker King is now targeting the maker of a recently released indie strategy game on Steam. It was revealed yesterday that the company is trying to trademark the word ‘candy’ for use in the video games market. Now it appears that it is also trying to protect …
Read More »King on Candy trademark: Our IP is constantly infringed
Candy Crush Saga creator King has spoken out on its headline-grabbing trademark registration
Read More »King reaches out to defend ‘Candy’ trademark drive
Candy Crush Saga make King is reaching out to the press to clarify its attempt to trademark the word ‘candy’. It was revealed this morning that the company has received approval from the US Patent and Trademark Office over the trademarking of the term and that if it is successful …
Read More »Star Wars 1313 trademark abandoned by Disney
Disney has opted against renewing the Star Wars 1313 trademark. The game, once in development at the now defunct LucasArts, was not only one of the as-of-then unannounced next-gen’s poster boys but was also the galaxy’s best hope for a Star Wars game that finally fulfilled the IPs destiny. However, …
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