What's the third one?!
Kind of glad this happened to them after they forced Valve to rename like 10 things in Dota
Kind of glad this happened to them after they forced Valve to rename like 10 things in Dota
Actually, they probably DIDN'T see it coming. While the other Overwatch submitted first, it wasn't posted for opposition until April 15th, two weeks after Blizzard submitted theirs. So they wouldn't have known back then. Blizzard's mistake was never double checking the trademark months later to see if someone had beaten them in that few weeks span (which you'd think would be unlikely but here we are!)Ahh, that makes sense. That's kind of strange, I would assume that Blizzard's attorneys would've seen this coming and rebranded the game before revealing it at Blizzcon. This is only a few months after the revealing.
This says the filing date was September 5, 2013. Shouldn't Blizzard searched the database and seen that before sending in an application?Actually, they probably DIDN'T see it coming. While the other Overwatch submitted first, it wasn't posted for opposition until April 15th, two weeks after Blizzard submitted theirs. So they wouldn't have known back then. Blizzard's mistake was never double checking the trademark months later to see if someone had beaten them in that few weeks span (which you'd think would be unlikely but here we are!)
At this point Blizzard might be hoping that the original Overwatch filers don't care enough about it to finish the proper paperwork themselves.
Try a sword?
Couldn't find a way to cut off the head of the dwarfen dude
Windrunner is a name in WC, I get it. Doombringer, Necrolyte, Centaur Warchief, Obsidian Destroyer, Tuskarr, etc, are not at all important names to Warcraft lore nor is the name DOTA which they also attempted to contestYeah, Defense of the Ancients has always been completely separate from the Warcraft mythos.This is incorrect.
Just rename it Team Fortress 3.
Surely Valve didn't trademarked it yet.
Can Blizzard simply buy title name from the owner ?
Windrunner is a name in WC, I get it. Doombringer, Necrolyte, Centaur Warchief, Obsidian Destroyer, Tuskarr, etc, are not at all important names to Warcraft lore nor is the name DOTA which they also attempted to contest
I dunno, I immediately recognize most of these names from World of Warcraft.
Yeah, the most likely outcome here is that Blizzard throws a bunch of money at those guys to get them to change the name.
Lina InverseWindrunner is a name in WC, I get it. Doombringer, Necrolyte, Centaur Warchief, Obsidian Destroyer, Tuskarr, etc, are not at all important names to Warcraft lore nor is the name DOTA which they also attempted to contest
Holy shit I don't know how to react to this.
Blizzard has as far as I can tell not opposed Innovis Labs. grandjedi6 likely meant that the opposition period began April 15.This says the filing date was September 5, 2013. Shouldn't Blizzard searched the database and seen that before sending in an application?
And doesn't that April 15th opposition mean Blizzard filed it against them?
Source: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/caseviewer/pdf?caseId=86056160&docIndex=1#docIndex=1Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. Section 2.102, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 16215 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92618, UNITED STATES, a corporation organized under the laws of DELAWARE , respectfully requests that it be granted a 30-day extension of time to file a notice of opposition against the above-identified mark .
Ahh, that makes sense. That's kind of strange, I would assume that Blizzard's attorneys would've seen this coming and rebranded the game before revealing it at Blizzcon. This is only a few months after the revealing.
Couldn't find a way to cut off the head of the dwarfen dude