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[JohnnyPanda]

Looks like EA did it!

Via IndustryGamers:

EA, who has long sought to get the case thrown out, and said Langdell was deliberately deceiving the USPTO, has successfully done so with today’s ruling. The court has denied Edge Games’ motion for injunction, citing that it believes that Langdell made fraudulent statements to the US Patent and Trademark Office and strongly believes that Langdell is “suspect,” and has been “trolling” the game industry for licensing opportunities. His actions could possibly warrant “criminal penalties.”

 

[Vic]

Looks like EA did it!

Via IndustryGamers:

The court has denied Edge Games’ motion for injunction, citing that it believes that Langdell made fraudulent statements to the US Patent and Trademark Office and strongly believes that Langdell is “suspect,” and has been “trolling” the game industry for licensing opportunities. His actions could possibly warrant “criminal penalties.”

lol!

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

lol!

LOVE IT!

 

[Haunted]

Looks like EA did it!

Via IndustryGamers:

oh snap!

*paging phisheep, paging phisheep*

Although that wording makes it sound pretty final.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Excellent.

 

[JKTrix]

'Trolling' has been a valid part of the English language long before the Internet came about.

Glad this is over.

 

[water_wendi]

lol!

i dont think they mean as in message board trolling but trolling as in fishing.

Good news though.

 

[Lijik]

Looks like EA did it!

Via IndustryGamers:

Great news!

 

[Vic]

'Trolling' has been a valid part of the English language long before the Internet came about.

Glad this is over.

I know, but it's still funny to see the word being employed like that :lol

 

[duckroll]

New threads for major news.

 

[StealthGoblin]

 

[water_wendi]

i think im in a state of shock. EA has dealt a great blow to evil here. im really interested in what kind of criminal penalties they will give to Tim.

 

[tanod]

Fuck yeah! Nice to see something good come out of the patent law for once.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

so can Namco go back and start calling it Soul Edge again?

 

[-COOLIO-]

awesome

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

The nightmare is finally over!

 

[water_wendi]

so can Namco go back and start calling it Soul Edge again?

Oh fuck that would be awesome to see the next Soul game called Soul Edge 2 :lol

 

[Dan]

Time to announce Mirror's Edge 2!

 

[Sinatar]

Never thought I'd be rooting for EA's legal department, but hell eff yea!

 

[McNum]

Aww, someone bit off more than he could chew? Yeah, going after EA probably wasn't the brightest idea. Does this mean it's over, or are we looking forward to several appeals and followups? I do like the sound of "criminal penalties", though. That sounds fun. For us.

In any case, I suggest a "GAF plays Mirror's Edge" thread to celebrate.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

Oh fuck that would be awesome to see the next Soul game called Soul Edge 2 :lol

haha. that WOULD be awesome.

 

[Mastperf]

Woohoo!

 

[jiggles]

Now refund all the money to those that licensed your bogus trademark, Langdell.

 

[AtomicShroom]

The system works...

 

[Ferrio]

The system works...

No, no it doesn't. A huge company with tons of a fucking cash works. It's actually quite sad it's taken this long.

 

[Rainier]

And thus, EA completes its journey from evil to epic.

 

[Altazor]

Looks like Langdell is on the edge... of going to jail.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Good news. This warrants a cold beer. Who wants to join me?

 

[bozeman]

Thank you, EA.

Thank you, Jesus.

Awesome news.

EDIT: To poster above...I'll drink to that. Good idea.

 

[Volcynika]

So can NISA rename their Cross Edge forum and not have to license it?

"Cross E... that is no longer
The official former Cross "something" Discussion Forum"

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Fucking awesome. I can't wait for phisheep's analysis.

 

[blackMamba1187]

Time to announce Mirror's Edge 2!

Please!

 

[JWong]

So Tim Langdell will possibly be a criminal?

 

[Azure Dream]

I love it.

 

[Haunted]

I still want to read phisheep's analysis of this. Is it really over? I want to know if Langdell can still do something, an appeal or other shenanigans to draw this out any longer etc. or if this is finally it.

Good news. This warrants a cold beer. Who wants to join me?

I just cracked one open because I was thirsty in celebration.

 

[thcsquad]

i dont think they mean as in message board trolling but trolling as in fishing.

Good news though.

The internet term came from the fishing term. There's no confusion here, they mean the same thing. 'Trail your bait around, and try to catch the stupid ones'.

 

[boingball]

Great News.

Thank you EA (though once Langdell tried to go after Mirror's Edge it was just their job).

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

i get off work at midnight... but as soon as i get home i swear i'll have an asahi to victory!

i don't care about jail time or anything like that with him, i just want confirmation that he either loses the patent or he is somehow banned from being able to take any legal action against any game using the word edge in it. best case scenario would be this SOMEHOW MAGICALLY sparking a change in patent law, but that'll never happen.

 

[iammeiam]

And things like this are why I am now okay with EA overall. It's not often you want the giant corporation to smash the little guy into a very fine paste, but dear God did Langdell have this coming.

 

[Ermac]

Love and Trolls

 

[mango drank]

Good news. This warrants a cold beer. Who wants to join me?

Shite, I'm out. It'll have to be wine.

 

[Seda]

Good.

 

[Lonely1]

Have he released any media of the Edge game yet?

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Lol, and people doubted EA is a company for good.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

good news

 

[Parallax Scroll]

i get off work at midnight... but as soon as i get home i swear i'll have an asahi to victory!

i don't care about jail time or anything like that with him, i just want confirmation that he either loses the patent or he is somehow banned from being able to take any legal action against any game using the word edge in it. best case scenario would be this SOMEHOW MAGICALLY sparking a change in patent law, but that'll never happen.

I'm totally down for changing patent laws, but this is a trademark issue.

 

[oracrest]

Oh, fuck ya!

 

[Evlar]

Gonna make mine a Sam Adams Octoberfest. Cheers!

 

[monocromo]

While Im only going to drink water, Im so glad that this turned out good for EA. Mirrors Edge is one of the best games of this gen and they deserve my respect for supporting DICE with the project.

 

[bishoptl]

I'd like to take this opportunity to announce my company's new game:

EDGETASTIC EDGE: THE EDGE OF EDGEGASM

coming soon for the Panasonic Jungle