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Mobigame’s “Edge” Is Back On iITunes

1:40PM Owen Good | Edge, the iPhone game that kicked off the latest and nastiest battle over trademark rights to the word in video games, is back up on the iTunes App Store as “Edge by Mobigame”. More »
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New Prince Of Persia Trademark Pops Up

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | On September 29, a trademark for “Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands” was filed by Jordan Mechner. Who’s Jordan Mechner? More »
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Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?

11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Would a big screen adaptation of the Call of Duty franchise even remotely surprise you? Didn’t think so. But if you want inconclusive evidence that a Call of Duty film might be happening, here are a few scraps. More »
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SCEA Working On Something Called “TV Superstars”

7:40AM Owen Good | This trademark filing, listed September 11, shows Sony Computer Entertainment America is working on something called “TV Superstars”. One can only hope it involves Gabe Kaplan and Lynda Carter, and Telly Savalas, smoking during an interview with Howard Cosell. More »
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Trademark Filed For True Blood Game

12:00PM Owen Good | Crap!!! Is it too late to splice a post with Bloodcopy? We’d actually have some news for that thing. HBO’s filed a trademark registration for its show “True Blood”, in relation to video games. More »
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Nintendo Files The Trademark To End All Trademarks

10:00AM Owen Good | Well, we can stop watching trademark filings now. Nintendo has officially registered “The Last Story,” so from here on, no more can ever be told, right? More »
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Bethesda’s Parent Captures Prey

5:20AM Mike Fahey | According to official trademark assignment documents, Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media now owns the rights to the first-person shooter Prey, and they’re filing trademarks left and right. More »
Culture

SexBox, The Adults Only Gaming Console Is Coming

9:30AM Michael McWhertor | Finally, we adults may have a console to call our own, one on which we can enjoy adult situations, adult language and adult movies. Silicon Xtal Corporation has filed a trademark for SexBox, a console dedicated to Adults Only entertainment. More »
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Nintendo’s Nutso Football Controller Patent

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | I’m just about at my breaking point with these wacky controller patents, but this one’s so wacky – a football you stick your Wii Remote into – that it’s worth a closer look. More »
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EA Trademarks Populous, Road Rash & *Squeal* Wing Commander

12:20PM Luke Plunkett | EA recently filed brand new trademarks for some real old stuff. Classic stuff, some from EA, some from older studios that EA gobbled up. Think Bullfrog. And, more excitingly, Origin. More »