No te imaginas cuantos juegos tenían la palabra EDGE en su nombre, y les tocó enfrentar problemas legales por cierto personaje cuyo aporte a la industria fue patentar esa palabra.
In 2001, Edge Games sought revocation of Namco's United Kingdom trademark "Soul Edge" (for the arcade game Soul Edge) for reasons including an alleged similarity between the "Edge" and "Soul Edge" marks. The opposition failed on all grounds. Nevertheless, Namco had already decided to use the name Soul Blade for the PlayStation version in the United States and Europe to avoid potential complications, with the name Soulcalibur being used on all sequels for the same reason.[49]
In March 2009, Cybernet Systems Corporation filed a lawsuit in Federal court against Edge.[50] In the suit, Cybernet states that they were contacted by Tim Langdell beginning in January 2009 and that he asserted his ownership of the term "Edge." The suit also alleges that Langdell asserted his right to have the trademark for Cybernet's "Edge of Extinction" game assigned to Edge Games, and his further right to require Cybernet to enter into a paid license agreement with him due to their use of the name. Cybernet refused, and when Langdell threatened a lawsuit, Cybernet instead filed suit against Edge.[51] "Edge of Extinction" was released in 2001, and is no longer an active game.[52][53]
As of June 1, 2009, Edge Games applied for a US trademark for the phrase, "Edge of Twilight."[54] This is the name of an upcoming steampunk fantasy game that has been in development by Fuzzyeyes Studios for at least two years.[55][56]
In addition, Edge Games has been a plaintiff in lawsuits with New World Computing over their title Planet's Edge,[57] Marvel Entertainment over their titles Cutting Edge, Double Edge, and Over the Edge,[58][59] Sony Entertainment over their PlayStation Edge,[60] Edge Tech Corporation over their "The Edge" hardware,[61] and the EdgeGamers online community.[62] Edge Games' website also claims that the aforementioned Marvel comics, the movie The Edge and the games magazine Edge, among other properties, were all released under license from Edge Games, though it is not clear what, if any, involvement Edge Games or Langdell had in these products.[63]
In 2014, Edge Games began a trademark case against the game peripherals company Razer Inc., regarding its Razer Edge gaming tablets. Edge Games filed an application for "SL8" in tablets in 2012, serial number 85704825, indicating that it would sell Windows 8 tablets at some point.[64] The application was eventually denied,[65] while Langdell's subsequent attempts to trademark hardware under the "Edge PC" name have been suspended.[citation needed]
En youtube hay un video de Larry Bundy Jr (en ingles), donde comenta este tema en un listado de las patentes que mas daño le han hecho a la industria videojueguil, junto con la patente de
, que imposibilitó de ahí en adelante que todos los demás juegos pudieran usarlos.
Unos verdaderos HDP.