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Marvel, NCsoft settle lawsuit Comments by Ellie Gibson

15 December, 2005

No changes to City of Heroes.

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Roamer
15/12/05 @ 10:02
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Good thing for future games of any sort, I guess. However, any fantasy mmorpg containing players called 'Gandolf', 'Gandalfir' etc. should be banned.
optimusprym8
15/12/05 @ 10:14
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yeah if I see one more "Legolas Elfking" in Guild Wars I'm gonna scream!
brokenkey
15/12/05 @ 10:37
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guild wars only allows unique character names, so there would only ever be one Legolas Elfking

/pedant
jellyhead
15/12/05 @ 10:58
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It must be 'leet-speak hell in guild wars then! 0_0

So how are they going to stop you making a Wolverine-a-like character without limiting your creativity?
Freek
15/12/05 @ 11:05
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They're not, NCsoft just paid Marvel lots of cash to make them go away.
optimusprym8
15/12/05 @ 11:10
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"All parties agree that this case was never about monetary issues and that the fans of their respective products and characters are the winners in this settlement."

No large amounts of cash were involved.

"/pedant" - Oi that's my job! OK, or variations of Legolas Elfking... :P :roll:
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The_Aardvark
15/12/05 @ 11:16
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Marvel characters, unlike those from most fiction, are registered trade marks which is why you can't call your hero Wolv3rin3 but you can call your elf L3gola2.

NCsoft are pretty damn rigorous at banning people which copyright infringing names or appearances. It wouldn't surprise me if the payout was fairly small or non-existent as it's not clear that they were infringing copyright.
Freek
15/12/05 @ 11:19
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It may not have been the main reason but that is how it's settled, that's why there's the "we can't talk about it" clause added. I give you lots of cash, license the wolverine look, copyright protected, we all go on our merry way and nobody gets any bad press.
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BootLace
15/12/05 @ 12:11
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"was never about monetary issues", but cash is always a nice bonus :).
link'sdad
15/12/05 @ 12:15
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Could it have been an agreement that NCsoft wouldnt sue Marvels ass when they bring out their city of heros rip off (oops did i say rip off, err I meant tribute) mmorpg in the next few years?
Glitch
15/12/05 @ 12:33
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Marvel the stupid wankers, some companies need to get a life and solve their own issues, shit like this is what ruins the gaming industry.
kangarootoo
15/12/05 @ 17:56
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@Roamer

"Good thing for future games of any sort, I guess"

Actually an out of court settlement sets no precident, so Marvel could still try and sue someone else over a similar issue. Had it gone to court and Marvel lost, they would have problems bringing successful cases of this type in the future. So it was probably in their interest to settle for that reason and in NCsoft's interest because of potentially huge legal bills.

Thats wot I fink anyway.

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