Comments on: Breaking: Petition Launched to Remove Tim Langdell from IGDA Board

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:57:45 +0000

The problem with having a crazy scope for all of your various marks is the need to actually use those marks in that manner in commerce for your mark to be upheld if challenged. Trademark office is pretty lazy about granting marks, but it’s not difficult to challenge marks when it’s clear that the mark owner hasn’t used the mark in the manner described in the registration– for instance, running a trademark search on marks owned by Edge Games Inc. comes up with a whole slew of different variations on the mark; comic books, toys, magazines and publications, etc.

It raises a novel question: Does using the mark itself as the “product” and licensing it to third parties so that they may use the mark in association with their own products constitute “use in commerce”? I’m not sure if I’ve actually seen this question raised in litigation, but it’d be interesting to find out how a court would handle it. I could imagine some pretty terse language in the opinion.

By: E. Zachary Knight

E. Zachary Knight — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:12:53 +0000

From what I have read this guy is almost a Monster Cable level Trademark litigant. Supposedly he has registered the trademark of Edge in just about any possible industry including space travel.

While my understanding of this is slim, I have read some exchanges between the maker of the iPhone game in question and Tim on Gamasutra and it was not pretty.

If I were a paying member of the IGDA, I would support a vote on whether he should retain his position. It is only fair.

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