Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two, has filed trademark dispute against Remedy's new logo, which was unveiled to the public back in April of 2023.

Take-Two opened an opposition dispute for Remedy's new logo starting on September 12th, 2023. Even though the Remedy logo was unveiled on April of 2023, the logo itself didn't get filed as a trademark until May of 2023, almost a month later, and while the two logos from Rockstar and Remedy are quite different in design, the one thing that both logos share between is a stylized letter "R", though it still remains to be seen whether this could hold up when the dispute is properly reviewed.

This isn't Take-Two's first outing in a legal battle, as they have been quite active in the legal front, filing for a trademark claim against the popular and Game of the Year winner "It Takes Two" due to the similarities between the game's name and the company's, and some time ago they also sued the developers behind the GTA reverse engineering projects, known formely as "re3" and "reVC".

The dispute currently remains in an "opposition" state, with the period for the opposition ebeing xtended as of August 8th, 2023 up to September of 2023, and as of today there's still no public ruling from the case.

Trademark Dispute #1
Trademark Dispute #2

 

[TomSwitch]

Take Three ™ T3​

 

[dh3lix-pooch]

I am thinking of claiming trademark for all d!<k shaped products.

 

[TomSwitch]

Maybe I bought their game because their logo reminded me of the burger?

I can't tell the two apart. The color is the same too. They also infringed on the letter R. In front or at the back, what's the difference?

 

[Sir Tortoise]

R

 

[m00k00]

Let's be honest here: we are all part of the problem because we made those idiots rich by buying their products, although they've more than once showed us their real attitude in the past. That being said I have to agree with most of the posts here: They cannot / should not win this one, because if they do their case will only motivate more trolls to do similar things in future. One day we won't be able to use any letter of the Alphabet any longer because all of them are protected by intellectual properties of some greedy assholes. I really hope they will lose and I really hope it will cause them to waste a ton of money. This is pathetic.

 

[tbgtbg]

The MPAA has owned a trademark on R inside a block for decades, and had it long before Rockstar ever existed. Did you ever wonder why only movies (and Adam Copeland) are "rated R" and all other ratings systems have to use other things like MA or M or 17+ or whatever in their not for the CHILDREN ratings? Because it's literally an owned mark.

MPAA's R and Rockstar's R might not be close enough to be actionable, not being in the same exact field, but they might be close enough to keep Rockstar or the cunts that own them from successfully going after another R inside a block logo.

 

[Guacaholey]

They're not even coloured in the same way.
They have to lose this dispute, it'd be absolutely idiotic if they end up winning it.

Unfortunately IP laws are pretty idiotic. Like massive extensions of copyright length in the US that pretty much only protect companies like Disney. They'll probably drop it like the It Takes Two claim because they know they have no case.

The MPAA has owned a trademark on R inside a block for decades, and had it long before Rockstar ever existed. Did you ever wonder why only movies (and Adam Copeland) are "rated R" and all other ratings systems have to use other things like MA or M or 17+ or whatever in their not for the CHILDREN ratings? Because it's literally an owned mark.

MPAA's R and Rockstar's R might not be close enough to be actionable, not being in the same exact field, but they might be close enough to keep Rockstar or the cunts that own them from successfully going after another R inside a block logo.

I hope that does happen. Companies like Take-Two Interactive that are frivolous with stuff like this need to be punished. I'm a defender of companies protecting their IP like going after infringing fan projects (I don't like it but they're well within their rights to do it), but stuff like this is excessive. There's literally no similarity between the two other than the letter R.

 

[Taleweaver]

Oh... And here I am, teaching my toddler the basics of letters.

Apparently, my four year old child is taking her first steps into being sued by a multinational.

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I'm so proud of her.

 

[ldeveraux]

Thanks for reporting the news we all can't live without. Stay relevant, GBAt...

 

[ShadowOne333]

Thanks for reporting the news we all can't live without. Stay relevant, GBAt...

Hey, they're gaming news, so there's that

 

[CMDreamer]

That sounds like crappy monopolization intents of the "R" letter.

Which legally can't be done.

I'd say everyone sue those stupid companies and boycott them down.

 

[RatherSimple]

no doubt remedy's logo is crap but it just doesn't look anything like rockstar's logo. it's delusional

 

[Ferris1000]

don't they have anything better to do than suing random companies like developing a new game?

If they put that much effort into developing a game then their games wouldn't look like shit and their games would be more optimized.

 

[AndorfRequissa]

i used to like rockstar and take 2. but they have crossed the line and are getting into the category of unpleasant gaming development company that attempts to ruin and control gaming industry rather than making actual games. when have they last made a hit?

 

[raxadian]

wait... can they trademark a letter?

You can trademark a symbol but not a letter.

 

[TomSwitch]

You can trademark a symbol but not a letter.

Sesame Street
The letter R brought to you by take three and cookie monster

 

[Hassal]

Next think you'll know they'll be suing Toys R Us.

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That R totally looks very similar and totally not at all different, doesn't it?

But Toy R US is not a computer software business. For trademark to take effect the two must operate under the business segment.

Let's say you call your business Banana Computers and your business grows so large that it becomes part of your identity when anyone associate banana with computers, in this case nobody else can use it in the same space.

 

[TomSwitch]

But Toy R US is not a computer software business. For trademark to take effect the two must operate under the business segment.

Let's say you call your business Banana Computers and your business grows so large that it becomes part of your identity when anyone associate banana with computers, in this case nobody else can use it in the same space.

Founded in 1957, Toys "R" Us can sue take two and take back the letter R.
People buy their games cause they grown up with the letter R representing that goodness of Toys "R" Us

 

[elk1007]

These types of trademark lawsuit usually only happen within the same industry.
Copyright laws vary by country, but generally you can't have a trademark that may mislead consumers to mistake your brand for a substitute brand.

 

[TomSwitch]

These types of trademark lawsuit usually only happen within the same industry.
Copyright laws vary by country, but generally you can't have a trademark that may mislead consumers to mistake your brand for a substitute brand.

How is this for my new game studio