Is that why it was delayed?

| pokoko said: Is that why it was delayed? |
I know. If thats the reason, I am pissed beyond days.


| pokoko said: Is that why it was delayed? |
Legal issues can be a reason, but I bet it just needs a bit more polish.

| Ka-pi96 said: For real? That's fucking pathetic! There's no way companies should be able to trademark words and prevent others from using them. Why the fuck did the courts even allow this in the first place? And I'd love it if Hello Games now sued those bastards for harrasment, because that's what is it really. Edit: Oh, and they really shouldn't have kept it secret this long. Shame those bastards, hopefully the bad PR would have done them some well deserved damage! |
It's really the fault of the legal system. They way it's designed, they have to go after everything or they lose the right to go after anything. They might not necessarily care about a small indie game but then a big corporation could come along and argue that they didn't defend their trademark and take it.

Reminds me of how Apple tried to fuck up a small German café specialised in selling cakes and other tasty stuff with apples because, you know, only Apple wants to use apples.
At least they lost even with their influence.
| pokoko said: Is that why it was delayed? |
Probably. It would be quite stupid to release a physical game (digitally you can just re-name the game easily) if you can lose the trademark.
Didn't Sky try and stop MS using the word Skype just because it sounded similar and could cause confusion to their customers? How pathetic can it get.

Acevil said:
Legal issues can be a reason, but I bet it just needs a bit more polish. |
Companies have been known to file for injunctions to prevent the release of a product over trademark disputes. So there is a real possibility that he hould have been faced with that had they launched before the dispute was over.


CosmicSex said:
Companies have been known to file for injunctions to prevent the release of a product over trademark disputes. So there is a real possibility that he hould have been faced with that had they launched before the dispute was over. |
That is true, hopefully it wasn't that and it needed more polish, because if it was that, well I would be angry.

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