SEGA's Shenmue trademark gets cancelled cause they don't use it...

[NiKKoM]

BlkPaladin said:

NiKKoM said:

that Sega couldn't provide information that they are using the Shenmue name for anything usefull... for example that they are working on Shenmue 3 so they could have kept the trademark...

they should have made an iOS port..

A trade mark is different then a copyright. The trade mark in this case is probally the Title they use on the box art. It doesn't mean much just that they don't intend to re-release the title anytime soon. It would be different if they allowed the copyright to expire.

http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/definitions.jsp

Uhm.. Copyright is automaticly.. When you create a work its copyrighted for your life and 70 years after your death.. that one is about not getting your created work being copied, stolen or used by someone else.. a trademark is for doing business with a name, logo etc..

getting the trademark cancelled is because SEGA isn't doing anything with it.. the name Shenmue is no longer a "brand" that Sega has..
anyone now can use  the term "Shenmue" in a videogame now.. like Shenmue Saga, Shenmue Ultimate and even Shenmue 3..
Copyright only protects stuff that is created..

Basicly Sega is saying the Shenmue Franchise they created is death