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Of course, we have to applaud the court for using “trolling” in their official ruling.That's got to be a first.
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Geomancer
Who's Tim Langdell?
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Looks like he...
[sunglasses]
...lost his Edge.
edited 5th Oct '10 10:44:16 AM by Sober-Irishman
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^ YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! 
Bunny
Who's Tim Langdell? 
This
might give a little bit of context.
Guy's a dick. Basically, if anything anywhere tries to use Edge in any part of their name, he tries to sue them for it.
edited 5th Oct '10 10:52:03 AM by Theoneknownasme
He's a jerkweed who tried to trademark the word Edge in relation to video games. Not merely his own company, Edge Games, but any use of the word in video games. Which led to him suing EA for Mirror's Edge, among other various games with "Edge" in the title, including (I think) this one indie game that people really liked.
You could say he went......over the edge.
Geomancer
...He tried to trademark a widely used word?
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^^^Not just games; he went after Marvel for some of their comic book titles.
edited 5th Oct '10 10:54:22 AM by Theoneknownasme
he went after Marvel for some of their comic book titles. 
Geomancer
Not just games; he went after Marvel for some of their comic book titles.edited 5th Oct '10 10:59:32 AM by Marioguy128
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Wow. I know Bobby Kotick can be a real dick, but this guy's actions are unbelievable! How'd he get away with that for so long?
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
Nobody cared enough to stop him back then.
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Responsible adult
I applaud both the court ruling—for officially using "trolling"—and the CSI-style puns in this thread.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
Das kann doch nicht sein!
According to the Wikipedia article, he sued New World Computing for Planet's Edge. Does he really pull this shit since (nearly) two decades?
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
"Has" he? Probably, but I don't know how long ago he started.
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
He's the reason Soul Calibur is called that instead of Soul Edge like it used to be, if you're wondering.
Helpful Scripts and Stylesheets here.
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
No, it's not. Langdell had nothing to do with that, but probably would have gone ape-shit if he found out about it back then.
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Mighty pirate!
No, he did know about it. He filed suit in Britain to claim the Soul Edge trademark when the original game came out. And lo and behold, the console version was called Soul Blade.
Trademarks. They're a double-edged sword.
edited 5th Oct '10 11:50:41 AM by ColorPrinter
Geomancer
Wow. Good riddance then.
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Jonah Falcon
Here's a Crowning Moment Of Funny from the Joystiq comment section:
Posted: Oct 5th 2010 1:41PM Zexion Armando said
Dear lord.
I am going to make a game that incorporates the names of nearly every franchise in gaming, never release it, but say its still in development, and sue anyone trying to steal it.
Y'all better watch out
Reply
Posted: Oct 5th 2010 2:25PM The Other James said
Quit being coy and tell us what the release date of Final Ultimate Super Call of Modern Dark World Moon Shadow Death Lords: Magic Master Pro Team Time Alien Jam Party Hero Evolved is already!
Reply
Posted: Oct 5th 2010 2:42PM pibs said
@The Other James Im waiting for the Turbo HD Remix. Reply
Posted: Oct 5th 2010 2:42PM Wonkuoysseleht said
@The Other James And the sequel.
edited 5th Oct '10 11:53:25 AM by JAF1970
Jonah Falcon
Good riddance.
Trademarking "Edge" is retarded and I hope he gets his stupid company shut down.
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