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This is utterly ridiculous - if anyone needs evidence why the USPTO has zero common-sense then this undoubtedly is it.Chart-topping mobile game Candy Crush Saga's developer King.com filed for a trademark back in February 2013 for the generic word 'Candy' and it has been revealed today that the trademark has now been granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office. There also appears to be an EU trademark in the pipeline.
Seriously? Trademarking "Candy Crush" (or variants thereof) is probably okay, but clothing and baby monitors? Daft thing is that they'll probably be granted it in full.The approval of the trademark will grant King.com's exclusive use of the word 'Candy' across a broad of variety products from games and software to clothing and baby monitors. (but not confectionery products)
Actually now I think of it, I'm sure that there's a couple of the car makers that use "Candy" in their colour descriptions - e.g. "Candy Pink" so presumably they'll have to ask King.com (spit) for permission to use "their" trademark.
Maybe the Vogon's should destroy the earth now ... after all we seem to have reached the bottom of the barrel.
miniyazz (22-01-2014)
They're also trying to get 'Saga'...
Oh lord, fingers crossed that some Vikings descendants decide to show "King.com" the error of their ways at the point of a sword.
Apart from the innate stupidity of what (stupid) King.com are trying to do (which is stupid - did I mention that?), I'm sure that the words "Candy" and "Saga" have figured in games in the 80's/90's (although my memory fails to bring any to mind at the moment - dammit) so there's clear evidence of prior use of their (stupid) trademark that the (really stupid) USPTO have (stupidly) decided to grant.
Reckon people in the US Patent and Trademark Office are very wealthy people as bribery can only be the way these kind of stupid decisions happen.
Couldn't "Walk on the Wild Side" be called a Candy Darling saga?
I know ... that's why I consistently referred to it as a (stupid) "trademark".
Seriously, I honestly can't see ANY justification why trademarking "Candy" wasn't laughed out of the door in under five minutes. What next, someone trademarking "screen" so we have to all call that thing we look at something else.
The sooner that King start to go the way of Zynga, the better. That cash cow they have created can't last forever.
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Last edited by g8ina; 23-01-2014 at 10:03 AM.
Idiocy. Tho I have to admit, it's a very addictive game but not exactly original so it's kinda ironic that they're going after these titles.
But 'The Banner Saga'? Seriously?
CCS is also the only game that causes my Cpus to heat up over 20c in minutes, causing the PC to crash if I don't switch to another tab quickly. Strange behaviour but it's not just me according to my Googling...
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Isn't there a washing machine company called Candy? Are they going to have to rebrand?
And.. prior art doesn't affect trademarks in the same way that it would affect a patent.
Or Apple for a computer..Seriously, I honestly can't see ANY justification why trademarking "Candy" wasn't laughed out of the door in under five minutes. What next, someone trademarking "screen" so we have to all call that thing we look at something else.
Screen would probably be a allowable trademark for almost anything other than a screen - it wouldn't be allowed for that.
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