D-Joe said:
zarx said:
D-Joe said:
zarx said:
D-Joe said:
they don't know microsoft own MechWarrior's ip? |
They don't own the IP really, they owned the digital rights to the IP but the origonal creator brought most of them back, but MS still retained certain rights so they had to sign off on a videogame bassed on the IP, even tho they would not be publishing the game themselves they still managed to use their lawyers to block a PS3 SKU.
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http://mwomercs.com/
"MechWarrior® is a registered trade-mark of Microsoft Corporation and is used under license."
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That is only the MechWarrior name when used on a videogame hence how they blocked the PS3 SKU, the ip is actually owned by Topps via WizKids http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2950.html. You will notice that MS are not the publisher on the game, nor were they on the reboot. I'm not sure why they didn't just change the name to BattleTech but MS probably would have still found a way to block it and they would have to change/remove some of the mechs and story.
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...my god you give me a 2003 news
today it's 2011
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/Trademarks/EN-US.aspx
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and please
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_4:_Vengeance
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Like I said MS own the digital (for videogames) rights to the name Mechwarrior, which they are licensing to Jordan Weisman who is sub licensing to the developer of the current game. The IP including most of the Mechs, backstory etc is owned by Topps. So in other words the ip is owned by Topps and the digital trademark is owned by Microsoft, trademark=/=ip.
I am also fully aware of the Mechwarrior games MS have published in the past...
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