Rockstar Games' Owner is Fighting Remedy Entertainment Over Its New 'R' Logo (theverge.com) 24
Remedy Entertainment, the developer that created the Max Payne and Alan Wake video game franchises, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with Take-Two Interactive over claims that Remedy's new "R" logo too closely resembles that of its subsidiary Rockstar Games. From a report: As first reported by RespawnFirst, the Rockstar parent company has objected to trademark filings Remedy submitted to the Intellectual Property Offices in the UK and EU last year, over grounds that the logo is likely to cause "confusion on the part of the public." Remedy publicly unveiled its updated "R" logo in a blog post on April 14th, 2023 -- one day after the company filed its trademark application with the EU -- saying that the "bullet in the letter R in the old logo represented the era of Max Payne," and that it no longer reflected its wider game portfolio.
its the rounded corners (Score:2)
I hope there is blood. (Score:1)
Ummmm (Score:3)
I don't care, but
"NOT THE SAME"
They don't look at all alike to me (Score:2)
after looking at both I don't think they look similar at all; the color scheme is different, the aspect ratio is different, Remedy's has "Remedy" under the R... this suit feels like some lawyer said "we better file just to be sure because if we don't someone could consider it failure to enforce"
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It isn't about whether or not you can tell them apart. It's about whether or not the average person would believe they are associated with the same company.
(And lawyers do get pretty aggressive in defending trademarks, because when they don't, company can lose their trademarks for not defending them.)
I'm inclined to the opinion that Rockstar's lawyers need to smoke less PCP when they're working, personally.
No company should own a letter. (Score:4, Insightful)
I hate this kind of bullshit. No company should be able to lay claim to a letter.
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They're not laying claim to a letter. The logo includes the litter, but is certainly not limited to it.
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Considering that letter is basically the only way they are similar, it appears they are.
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Let's take a look, shall we?
Rockstar's logo has a star in addition to the R. Remedy does not.
Remedy's logo has the word 'Remedy' under the R. Rockstar does not.
Rockstar's logo is orange. Remedy's logo is monochrome.
The only, literally ONLY thing these two logos have in common is a capital R. Ergo Rockstar is laying claim to the capital letter R.
I'm going to trademark the letter e and s (Score:1)
1st up DC is getting sued for each use of superman
Remember how dumb the average person is (Score:2)
Practice (Score:3)
Is this just what lawyers do when they're bored?
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Presumably, it is not the lawyers but their clients who are doing this. The lawyers are simply doing what they are paid to do.
Except when they know better [yahoo.com] and (probably) won't get paid.
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I was thinking along the same lines.
Based on past litigation, it appears that Take Two has a decent sized legal department and all those people have to do *something* all day to justify their existence...
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better be careful here.. (Score:1)
Re:better be careful here.. (Score:4, Insightful)
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Similar not same (Score:2)
Without looking, isn't one R-Star or Star-R square/parallelogram in red maybe? and the other R-Bullet or Bullet-R oval? Hopefully they'll make their point and drop it, so they can say they acted to protect. Anyway [tscrabrands.com].
Represented the era of Max Payne? (Score:1)
Tell me what Rockstar game isnâ(TM)t story-based shooter - Red Dead Redemption, GTA, LA Noire and they are coming with more Max Payne if Iâ(TM)m not mistaken.
I hope Remedy recovers fees for this (Score:2)
The two marks are so different that the judge should throw it out of court at the first opportunity and award fees to Remedy.
Even the base fonts are distinctly different. If
Will Rockstar sue the PTO next, after all, they use the letter R for registered trademarks?