Edge by Mobigame turfed off App Store

By Robert Purchese Published 27 November, 2009

Apple heeds Edge Games' call.

Tim Langdell's Edge Games has convinced Apple to remove Edge by Mobigame from the App Store for a second time.

A statement made by the company - and possibly Langdell himself - alleged that renaming EDGE to Edge by Mobigame "was determined not to get around infringement".

"Clearly, if Sony tried to use the mark 'iPod by Sony' they would hardly expect Apple not to take action to protect their mark iPod. In trademark law adding 'by (name)' to another company's registered trademark does not mean a company can use that trademark without being guilty of willful [sic] infringement," claimed Edge Games (posted by Develop).

"The fact is that [Mobigame co-founder] Papazian has had an offer on the table since May to settle this dispute by his changing the name of his game and paying Edge Games no money at all. He has repeatedly refused that very reasonable offer," the statement added.

Mobigame appeared to be getting the better of Langdell and claimed, in October, that his lawyers "had fled".

Earlier this month a handful of Mobigame's iPhone developer peers openly mocked Edge Games by including the word "edge" in their title, making light of the matter.

In this recent statement, however, Edge Games appears to be anything but on the back foot. Even EA's attempt to sever Langdell's hold over various trademarks is being challenged.

"Despite rumors [sic] to the contrary, Edge Games has either won every dispute in the past 20 years over the mark Edge or has settled amicably with the other party ending the dispute with an agreement in Edge Games' favour," the statement continued.

"That acknowledges and reaffirms Edge's ownership of the mark Edge."

Strangely, the statement goes on to distance Langdell from the painstaking defence of the treasured Edge trademark in recent years.

"[Langdell] serves as CEO of this corporation at the pleasure of the Edge Board. His actions are merely those the Board directs him to take," we're told.

Mobigame has been contacted for comment.

Head over to our Edge Games vs. Mobigame analysis for a full and detailed backstory.

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  • DUFFKING #1 2 years ago

    I'd quite like to give Mr. Langdell a punch in the mouth.

  • andromeda #2 2 years ago

    someone assassinate Langdell

  • c780162 #3 2 years ago

    andromeda i was just thinking that, perhaps iv been playin too much acII.

  • Razz #4 2 years ago

    What a complete F*cknugget Tim Langdell is.
    Edited by 1 at 30/11/09 @ 08:21

  • cianchristopher #5 2 years ago

    That's a bullshit analogy: iPod by Sony

    The word iPod is entirely made-up, the word edge is a commonly used noun.

    It's really bullshit that such a common word can be trademarked, but there you go! The world is a shit place sometimes!

    I guess they could always kill Tim Langdell, as in - actually murder him! That'd go someway towards easing their frustration...

  • mcmonkeyplc #6 2 years ago

    MS should buy this clown.

  • RESIDENT_nEVILe #7 2 years ago

    I really hope he doesn't choke to death on his own bullshit.

  • Arcadiian #8 2 years ago

    Blimey, what a tit Langdell is. I bet he talks about his trademark all day every day, to anybody who'll listen.

  • Turrican #9 2 years ago

    Langdell is a c**t, had to get that in.

    The thing is, he is a professional trademark infringement shark, its what he does, not suprising he wouldn't go quietly into the night is it.

  • Beeper85 #10 2 years ago

    It's not bullshit that 'edge' can be trade marked; as long as it is not general or descriptive of the goods or services it is being used to sell, it will not be refused. Take 'orange'. That's a common word, but a very succesful trade mark for phone services.

    Langdells still a prick, just not quite the fraudster some are saying....

  • zubnut #11 2 years ago

    What a teabag-tickler this langdell bloke is.
    I wonder how many times his wiki page has been updated...

  • RobotRocker #12 2 years ago

    EA please end this twat in court and your previous exploits in the last 20+ years will be forgotten till the end of time.

  • DFawkes #13 2 years ago

    Anyone not sure who Tim Langdell is should check out chaosedge : <a href="http://chaosedge.word press.com/">Right here</a href>

    It's a bit one sided, but an amusing read none the less.

  • Kami #14 2 years ago

    Give it time. We knew Langdell would do this again and will repeat it as long as he has a breath in his fake company, but there's plenty of momentum out there and it's headed straight for his rectal cavity.

    I did a long post about it beforeand this mans reign of terror is coming to an end. But he was NEVER going to roll over and die that easily, so expect some more wildly preposterous throws of delusion before this one is buried. This is largely what Langdell has built his entire career on, bullying people and threatening legal actions instead of making games (Seriously Langdell, if you ever read this, please do feel free to actually make a game), he's not going to let it go so easily.

    That said, he is a laughing stock of the industry and hated and reviled by developers, publishers and gamers alike. His career is finished whether he likes it or not - it's cutting the final cords, and that he will fight to the bitter end for...
    Edited by 1 at 27/11/09 @ 17:26

  • kangarootoo #15 2 years ago

    Oh come on Apple. Just do a tiny bit of homework on the subject and you would realise you can just bloody ignore this guy.

  • darleysam #16 2 years ago

    Edge edge edge edgety edge. Sorry Eurogamer, prepare for the legal wrath of Tim Langdell.

  • Hendo #17 2 years ago

    "[Langdell] serves as CEO of this corporation at the pleasure of the Edge Board. His actions are merely those the Board directs him to take,"

    I thought there was only him and his wife working as Edge?

  • uglygamer #18 2 years ago

    The Man is angry. He wants revenge

    http://www.iva nsafrin.com/langdell.jpg
    Edited by 1 at 27/11/09 @ 17:33

  • lucky_jim #19 2 years ago

    @Hendo- Broard, Board, what's the difference?

  • makeamazing #20 2 years ago

    I wonder if i should rename my new iPhone game to something with the word Edge in it...haha. Hmm maybe a plan for the future :)

  • Retroid #21 2 years ago

    I really wish Langdell would go fcuk himself. Hard. With a rusty spade. Sideways.

    At least while he continues trying to profit from other people's hard work.

  • Retroid #22 2 years ago

    Hendo: ""[Langdell] serves as CEO of this corporation at the pleasure of the Edge Board. His actions are merely those the Board directs him to take,"

    I thought there was only him and his wife working as Edge?"

    It is. His 'Board' also tell him to stop stealing the duvet and she wants some more cash otherwise he'll have to get a proper job.

  • lambtron #23 2 years ago

    I really really really hope that EA don't stop till they've taken everything this excuse for a human being has. Fuck him.

  • hardtech #24 2 years ago

    O....my god. This guy has serious issues. I mean damn, between Kotick and this guy it does make me worry slightly about where the games industry is going.

    I really hope EA take this idiot to town.

  • Retroid #25 2 years ago

    OH NO TIM, LOOK OUT:

    http://www.mo rewords.com/contains/edge/

  • penhalion #26 2 years ago

    :) I guess it's a last desperate scream from a dying company.

    Apple on the other hand need to seriously look at what the heck their app removal guys are doing. They are setting a presidence that will soon force a lot of their app developers to move elsewhere. If you can't trust apple to have a sensible BS radar for this kind of stuff, then no-one with an app on their store can guarantee it will still be there tomorrow. It seems that anyone can file a "please remove game x because I think it violates my copyright" compaint and have apple act on it without any due diligence what so ever! It's even more rediculous because Apple have already put the app back once because their own investigations said that there was no confusion.

  • redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #27 2 years ago

    @hardtech:

    Haha. Are you seriously comparing Kotick to Tim Langdell?

    Just because you don't happen to like some of the decisions that Kotick has made recently hardly puts him at the same cunt level as Tim Langdell. Last time I checked, Kotick's most recent game sold fuck-tons and I don't think Langdell has even made a game in the past twenty years.

  • The-Bodybuilder #28 2 years ago

    Someone needs to give this dude a jolly-good rogering.






    What?

  • hardtech #29 2 years ago

    @redneon

    I made no direct comparison, I was mearly stating that while Koticks company has recently published an extremely well selling game, his general attitude to the industry as far as his staff ("Dedicated to taking the fun out of making video games" I think the line was) as well as the uncanny ability to exploit the masses with overpriced sequels and constant reskins of successful games (AKA Guitar Hero) gives him about the same level of cuntary as the aforementioned Mr Langdell.

    Sure the reasons are different but they are both dicks, pure and simple.

  • Eraysor #30 2 years ago

    As soon as I saw this article all I could muster was "FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"

  • chasejamie #31 2 years ago

    edgegames@live.com along with the gamertag 'Edge Games' is up for grabs. May have to snap it up and hope the Langdell comes round to my flat. So I can punch him. In the edge of his scrotum.
    Edited by 1 at 27/11/09 @ 18:09

  • Mildew #32 2 years ago

    Next thing he'll be suing Oxford Press for the use of "Edge" in the dictionary...tosser!

  • freakzilla #33 2 years ago

    So should I just go trademark every word in the goddamn dictionary? "Edge" is a fuc*ing English language word, how the F did they manage to trademark it?

  • Wyrm #34 2 years ago

    Does he not realise he isn't actually helping his company in any way, shape or form?

  • Der_tolle_Emil #35 2 years ago

    This is even worse than some companies arguing in front of a court in Texas because they claim their patents have been violated. Even if most of those claims are far from the truth at least some of those companies actually do have similar products, even if noone ever heard of them.

    Edge however has pretty much nothing but a fake website - and targeting a two man indie studio is incredibly cowardly because he knows exactly that they don't have tons of money to throw at lawyers to pay for legal fees like big companies do. I really hope it all goes well for Mobigame.
    Edited by 1 at 27/11/09 @ 23:12

  • Beeper85 #36 2 years ago

    Edge can be a trade mark for computer progs, which falls under int classification 9 as it is not descriptive or stating quality of goods etc of products in that class. As long as he can demonstrate 'genuine intent to use' (a tricky test) the mark in the 5 years from reg, he is entitled to it. (obviously as long as no one has unregistered trade mark rights which pre date his and entitle them to declare his invalid!).

  • cobaltfram #37 2 years ago

    Ugh, it just won't end.

  • Vroom #38 2 years ago

    Amazing. Just amazing.

  • NGCes26294BIV #39 2 years ago

    This needs to go to court so I don't have to read about it in a 'news' story every month.

  • Diomedes #40 2 years ago

    Langdell is an authentic parasit .....please someone end this nonsense!

  • photoboy #41 2 years ago

    Oh for f**ks sake, Apple, why are you giving this patent troll the time of day?

  • Sunyavadin #42 2 years ago

    It's really bullshit that such a common word can be trademarked, but there you go! The world is a shit place sometimes!

    Not really, considering exclusively out of the entirety of the world, America has its own official name for Adrenaline, because someone trademarked the word there.

    It's idiotic. And why copyright, trademark and patent laws need to be revised universally across the board.

  • Thedni #43 2 years ago

    That's it... he's made the list.

    Thedni's Hitlist
    -----------------

    Tim Langdell NOTE: maybe with some kind of EDGE...

  • davisorle #44 2 years ago

    @cianchristopher
    I really dont know how you got so many thumbs up when your point is so complitely inacurate other than incorect and foolish. I guess it might have to do with Eurogamer readers not knowing jack shit about trademarks and anything related. You think that Edge is wrong to be trademarked cause its a "non madeup word"? according to your post. You would be surprised in how many thousands non madeup words arent available due to alrteady been taken as trademarks from different kind of companies or not. Are you serious? Yeah im against Apple's strategy and actions for a long while now and every week the least they give me more reasons as a company to not like them, things never mentioned on this site but really, your points and arguements in here are just too ... Irelevant and childish.

    Feel free to downrate me for making you feel bad or whatever the reason. I dont care. I thought id share something that got my attention from the coments.

  • septimus #45 2 years ago

    Fuck Langdell.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #46 2 years ago

    Even tho he is a twat - think about it 'apple' have copywrited a fruit - I'll go copywrite 'table' then, it's the core problem of the system itself allowing anyone these days to claim fowl and walk away with money, I mean look at the 'companies' apearing claiming Nintendo/Sony/MS stole their ideas these days, someone needs to cut this stuff off from the root

  • mode7 #47 2 years ago

    I really wanted to say something funny/original/profound/constructive...

    but I'm really lost for words, the man is a maggot.

  • chasejamie #48 2 years ago

    Fuck him right in the pee hole.

  • makeamazing #49 2 years ago

    @davisorle the reason people vote you down, is you seem to always be overtly angry.. dont know why... the only people who should be angry are the people being shafted by Edge.

  • Beeper85 #50 2 years ago

    You do not 'copyright' your name, nor 'patent' your trade mark. Come on, in most jurisdictions you don't have to register your copyright; US being the exception!! Please get your IP facts right! I sense a lot of antilangdell bandwagon jumping... At the end of the day this happens everyday in business. Particularly in the current climate where everone is more and more 'litigation happy'. Langdell paid for protection of his IP, and in return he has certain rights. His marks were not 'fraudelently' obtained, suitted to the same examination process as any other applicant. Leave this to the lawyers!

    @davisorle i completely agree.

  • Xerx3s #51 2 years ago

    "I'd quite like to give Mr. Langdell a punch in the mouth. "

    *!*

    /eureka moment
    /orders 10 000 punching bags with langdell's face on it

  • Xerx3s #52 2 years ago

    "Take 'orange'. That's a common word, but a very succesful trade mark for phone services. "

    The problem with that being that Orange continuously, actively uses it for a product whereas Mr Langdell has never contribute anything significant to this world. As far as I know, you can't just put a claim down and then do nothing with it (although that may be different in other place). Fuck, we couldn't even get a 100% solid claim down on our pretty specific company name for a pretty specific product type.

  • Beeper85 #53 2 years ago

    In the uk, as long as you can demonstrate genuine intent, e.g. A business plan etc, you can resist an invalidity action. You will only have problems if when making an app it is general or descriptive, like '24hour shop', or a third party with pre existing rights makes an opposition. ( there are a number of other absolute grounds for refusal, but not relevant here!)

    What was it you wanted to register? More than happy to help, I'm a lawyer in a niche IP law firm!

  • RicTheNinja #54 2 years ago

    i think Langdell must be one of the, if not the most, hated people in the gaming world.

    an how can they distance him when he is obv the only person working for this company that hasnt produced any games in HOW MANY YEARS?!

  • Xerx3s #55 2 years ago

    "What was it you wanted to register? More than happy to help, I'm a lawyer in a niche IP law firm! "

    Ah, but I'm not in the UK. :)

    We will revisit that topic in the future but right now we are just focussing on our product, as long as it's not on the market, it really isn't much of an issue. The basic claim is down but they told us that there would still be some room for legal dispute.

    Quite frankly, it boggles my mind that the copyright, patent, etc. laws still are the way they are. It is hurting business and public interest.

  • Slipstream #56 2 years ago

    "The sharp edge of this kitchen knife is all I need to...."

    *attacked by Langdell's laywers*

  • Collymilad #57 2 years ago

    "Kotick's most recent game sold fuck-tons"

    Congratulate him on making the game..oh wait.....

    CoD basically sells itself after CoD2 and ESPECIALLY CoD4. Kotick is no genius (remember that little company they merged with a while back? Makes them a bit of money I hear)
    Edited by 1 at 28/11/09 @ 03:31

  • Gnort #58 2 years ago

    "Despite rumors [sic] to the contrary, Edge Games has either won every dispute in the past 20 years over the mark Edge or has settled amicably with the other party ending the dispute with an agreement in Edge Games' favour"

    Well, here's a rumor [sic] from the UK Intellectual Property Office that his attempt to troll Namco over Soul Edge was unsuccessful, and I'm sure many others went the same way.

  • spammage #59 2 years ago

    AIDS, cancer, dying in a fire and a car crash.

    All of the above are too good for Langdell. Utter, utter detestful excuse for a human being. Can we find out what his hobby is and trademark Edge in relation to that? Ladyboys by Edge?

  • Spekingur #60 2 years ago

    I thought there was a band called Edge, I wonder if he has tried suing them.

    [Edit] A quick search on wikipedia found me these two:
    <a href="http://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/The_Edge
    ">http://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/The_Edge
    </a>
    http://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Edge_(band)

    [Edit2] Funnily enough the article about the band is claimed as self-written and proposed for deletion. Now, that leaves me wondering weither this might be the work of such a person as Langdell or related lawyers. The IP address posting said suggestion comes from China according to IP tracing - which is a tad strange.
    Edited by 3 at 28/11/09 @ 07:13

  • Kerome #61 2 years ago

    Look, the one time that I know of that this went to court and Langdell attempted to get his money, the case was thrown out in minutes. In order to enforce a trademark, you have to actually be trading in the area, and Langdell's company seems to be nothing more than a "trademark troll".

    Please don't give this guy more legitimacy than he deserves by posting this kind of article. He did a good PR job on apple convincing them to take the app down, but that is all.

  • Beeper85 #62 2 years ago

    @justanothetdave magazines and printed material etc fall into a completely different classification. A registered trade mark only gives you a monopoly on the name in the class you registered in, no accross the board. Likewise with band names etc - no liklihood of confusion.

    @spekingur it's up to the courts to decide. They have to consider whether the mark gas been used in the last five years, or whether he can demonstrate genuine intention to do so. I could register a trade mark today but not plan to use it until 41/2 years time; as long as I can show plans etc and other evidence to back this up such as marketing, domains etc it is mine. Does sound that langdell may be lacking on this evidence, which is what EA will be going after mo doubt.

  • Beeper85 #63 2 years ago

    @xerc3s mate, too true that IP laws are messy! They were originally to protect the consumer, but now just help the rich get richer! Flip reversed from where they began!

  • Der_tolle_Emil #64 2 years ago

    If Langdell was using the name edge it would be different. But instead he puts the fake game "MIRRORS" on his homepage so that he can troll EA over "Mirror's Edge". It's just plain obvious that he is indeed trying to abuse IP laws.

  • beckyh #65 2 years ago

    I bet EA are quaking in their boots for having a game called Mirrors Eedge.

  • anomagnus #66 2 years ago

    I had hoped this would turn into a thompson esque style meltdown, but i have a horrible feeling that langdell is a far more slippery cunt than jack thompson ever was.

    My only hope is that a legal battle with EA will bankrupt him.

    I can't beleive what a cunt Apple is being though, but its just like them.

  • no_way! #67 2 years ago

    Christ, I thought we'd seen the last of Langdell. He's like the turd that just won't flush.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #68 2 years ago

    "So why hasn't the gaming magazine EDGE been targetted by this nob head yet?"

    Because it was targetted by him years ago. For many years Edge carried an (R) mark on its cover noting that Edge was the trademark of Langdell's outfit. I'm not sure when or why they stopped.

    EDIT: The most recent Edge publication I can find in my house is the Retro special from 2003. It carries the (R) mark on every use of the logo, and inside says "EDGE is the registered trade mark of Edge Interactive Media Inc. Used under license." The (R) mark is always positioned on one of the Es in the EDGE logo, and interestingly also appears next to the E in "RETRO", which is printed in the same font as EDGE.
    Edited by 2 at 28/11/09 @ 12:31

  • bu5hhead #69 2 years ago

    I read more on this elsewhere and I have to say what a complete and utter cock knocker this guy is.

  • Sar #70 2 years ago

    Someone please just kill this cunt.

  • dahsif #71 2 years ago

    I'm sure he doesn't believe it when he reads it on the internet, that he has a clearly defined set of counter arguments, and he feels that he's misunderstood and people are just wrong and unfair toward him, but the fact is that Dr Langdell is an idiot.
    Yes, I know you disagree with that sir, but you're an idiot.
    You know when people call other idiots? no one actually believes they're idiots. But you, sir, I can assure you you're an idiot.
    How can he even compare the often used word "Edge" to "iPod" which doesn't exist in dictionaries?
    That's right; he's an idiot.
    AN IDIOT.

  • andyc1980 #72 2 years ago

    This cunt needs shooting, he's a total fucking cocksucking prick.

  • Fleeby #73 2 years ago

    @Retroid

    Hendo: ""[Langdell] serves as CEO of this corporation at the pleasure of the Edge Board. His actions are merely those the Board directs him to take,"

    I thought there was only him and his wife working as Edge?"

    It is. His 'Board' also tell him to stop stealing the duvet and she wants some more cash otherwise he'll have to get a proper job.

    LMAO

  • Eighthours #74 2 years ago

    Langdell continues to labour under the delusion that people actually believe he has a staff and a "board", and that he isn't just a one-man-band with serious mental issues. :)

  • rprince #75 2 years ago

    Who else is on the board of Edge games? Isn't it Langdell, his wife and his mate?

    I'm sure there was no reported offer for Mobigames to change name. Edge games kept claiming money for something or other. Are they back-pedalling?

    However, if Mobigames do have the option, they'll have more than enough media coverage to make changing name a non-issue. If someone wants to buy it, they'll find it whether it's called Edge by Mobigames or TippyCool or whatever. Just change the name!

  • VibratingDonkey #76 2 years ago

    You're such a douche Tim.

  • smelly #77 2 years ago

    @davisorle : Ipod is a well known brand interntionally known, as is sony. Edge is a trademark (not a brand - for that he'd need products) owned by a sad little man operating out of a PO Box, which is being used seeminly for the sole purpose of exploiting money out of genuine developers.

  • smelly #78 2 years ago

    @Beeper85 - presuming you're not langdell for a moment .. quote "His marks were not 'fraudelently' obtained,"


    .. if you read the claim posted by EA, with my limited legal knowledge - im pretty sure they're claiming exactly that...

  • Zander #79 2 years ago

    legislation vs legislation - I'd rather see work vs work. Two weak ass companies get a "headline" in EG woopdedoo.Legal battles = the American dream, because you can make a shit load of money from just pretending to have initiative.

  • Lord_Gremlin #80 2 years ago

    Oh God, this man is stupid. He looks bad to public already, why would he do that? Getting all this undesirable attention - see, everybody knows Adolf Hitler, but almost no one will buy Adolf Hitler's Breakfast Cereal or memory card. And if everybody will know of Langdell and his company from this story - no one will buy their products at all.
    He is either really stupid, or doesn't plan getting any money from sales of his company's products at all.

  • Beeper85 #81 2 years ago

    @smelly I promise I'm not langdell before you lynch me!

    Only contributing to the convo from a more legal perspective. Send me a link to the EA claim and I'll def have a look at it. Fraud isn't a word that usually comes up on trade mark cases so I'm pretty intrigued from a professional point of view!

  • smelly #82 2 years ago

    sure.. quick google got me:

    [link url=http:/ /ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=92051465
    ]http://tt abvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=92...[/link]

    The claim is in this pdf:

    [link url=http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-92051465-CAN -1.pdf
    ]http://tt abvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue...[/link]

    read point 16: Quote : "Registration No 3,559,342 was fraudently obtained."

    The word "perjury" comes up a lot too in it...


    Edited by 1 at 29/11/09 @ 04:05

  • Beeper85 #83 2 years ago

    @smelly cheers for the links. Looks like a pretty standard invalidity revocation, the fraud point in relation to evidence supplied of prior commerce. Something we don't really have in the UK.

    Find it so odd that EA rely on common law rights! First thing we ever say to a client is identify your IP, protect it, exploit it, then defend! Come to me EA, I'll look after all your IP needs!

  • poopmonster #84 2 years ago

    I actually felt a bit sick reading the headline, and angry reading the article itself.

    Unfortunately it's not going to stop until someone sets a precident by successfully counter-suing this idiot.

    Without that, Langdell is free to terrorize people who've worked hard on their own product.

    This guy is vermin, and that needs to be revealed in a court of law.

  • triple_a #85 2 years ago

    I'd be willing to donate money to Mobigame to hire lawyers. Someone set up an online fund raiser!

  • actionfitz #86 2 years ago

    jesus fucking christ! would you fucking die already Langdell.
    I cant believe this bullshit is still going on. and fuck apple for having no balls at all when the entire games industry now knows how bogus this fucker is.

  • actionfitz #87 2 years ago

    @ Hardtech
    hey! I have trademarked the word 'cuntary'... also Cuntood, Cuntishness, cuntage and several misspellings of the word Twat.
    I will see you in court!!

    (not really)
    ^^

  • Transcendent #88 2 years ago

    If real words couldn't be trademarked by themselves, this wouldn't be a problem. Fuck any company that calls itself Orange or whatever. It's not that fucking hard to come up with your own word or word combination.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #89 2 years ago

    There's no denying ahow much of a cunt Langdell is, but I couldn't help thinking Mobigame and their app store edge-name-mocking pals were a bit premature treating the matter as if it was finished just because EA had fired off a legal action. Edge-name-skimming is Langdell's entire livelihood, whereas the action for EA is a small sideline.

    He's not going to go down without a fight, and we have only the American legal system to depend upon to give him a bloody nose. If I were an indie game developer, I'd just stay the hell out of this whole sorry business.

  • addman #90 2 years ago

    One thing is certain, if he ever actually makes a game nobody will buy it, specially if it's called Ege :)

  • X3Entente #91 2 years ago

    allEDGEdly not only is edge games hard at work work on "mirrors" "racers" and something called "mythoria 2", but according to his website his company also sells edge brand memory drives, and even ultra hardcore gaming rigs called EDGE game pcs. Obviously this must be bs, because his worthless company couldnt make a fucking toaster. It appearsthat a high-end computer manfecturer called velocity micro must got caught in langdelsl web, by selling a series of gaming pc under the edge name. Apparently they are manufactured under lincence from edge. I guessing the legal settlement was that he had the rights to advertise them on his website so to the causal obsever his soggy piss ridden company based out of some cheap motel no doubt appears a million times more sophicated than it is

  • DKTronics #92 2 years ago

    I was under the impression that Langdumb had 'Edge Games' as his trademark, not just Edge, as surely this would also mean he has 'Games' as well, which would be absurd.
    And as for Apple and Orange, I think you'll find that both only have their trademarks in their relevant areas, such as Apple Computers, and Orange Mobile Phones. There would be no stopping anyone from writing a game for the app store called Apple Cart, Apple Tree, Apple Pie, etc... Similarly, one could also write a game for Orange phones called Orange grove, or Orange Squash, and there is absolutely nothing any of these companies can do about it and rightly so.
    Quite how, in any shape of form, this arsehole has managed to survive this long is anybody's guess, surely he should be in prison by now ?
    Knife's Edge, Edge of Time, Edge of a Cliff, there is nothing this cunt can go after as most as simply describing a fact or an event.

  • Spekingur #93 2 years ago

    "...but almost no one will buy Adolf Hitler's Breakfast Cereal or memory card."

    I would!
    Adolf Hitler was part of evil things, I agree. But the guts of anyone releasing something like that must be commended ;-p

  • smelly #94 2 years ago

    @triple_a : There already is:

    chaosedge.wordpress.c om

    (donate button on the right)

  • dirtysteve #95 2 years ago

    How do you find out if a game title is copyrighted? google search seems inefficient, is there a database of copyrighted game titles?