King Has Trademarked the Word "Candy"

[Tom Bombadildo]

I like how

This is not copyright protection ...this is fuc** expression banning ..wtf? ...denying the use of words? This trademarks shit is taming society and slowing down or evolution...

Nice reading skills.
1). This is a trademark, trademarks =/=copyright. Read above post on that.
2). This is for video games and clothing only, so there's no "denying the use of words".


3). (and this goes for everyone more than you), there's no way King will be able to enforce this trademark and it will be revoked at some point in the future anyways. Like, the legal fees alone for trying to force the hundreds of games to change their name would be horrendously huge, and King will in no way be able to pay for it. So QQ, wait like a month, and watch as this goes down in flames.

 

[Arras]

Copy Right laws need to be abolished! Humanity survived thousands of years without them and will be fine if we let go of them now.

Not entirely. If you create something and someone blantantly copies it you'd want there to be a way to do something about it. This is just plain stupid though.

 

[Walker D]

I like how
Nice reading skills.
1). This is a trademark, trademarks =/=copyright. Read above post on that.
2). This is for video games and clothing only, so there's no "denying the use of words".


3). (and this goes for everyone more than you), there's no way King will be able to enforce this trademark and it will be revoked at some point in the future anyways. Like, the legal fees alone for trying to force the hundreds of games to change their name would be horrendously huge, and King will in no way be able to pay for it. So QQ, wait like a month, and watch as this goes down in flames.

1). This is a trademark, trademarks =/=copyright.=> Let me help you with your reading skills. Read again my sentence and you'll see that I never said that this trademark = copyright.. ..I was trying to say that they tried to protect their content by doing a retarded word registering for product identification ( in other words, having a powerful trademark to protect their copyrights) ..read again, and maybe you'll get it.

2). This is for video games and clothing only, so there's no "denying the use of words"=> Yeah, I was obviously referring to this scope, not the entire universe ( I thought that was implied..), so there kinda is "denying the use of words" here.

3) (...)=> I know how impracticable the enforcement of this would be ...my point is that it's plain ridiculous for people to allow this trademarking in the first place.

 

[Clarky]

First thought that came to my head...

 

[loco365]

This is about as bad as the chick that copyrighted the word "hon".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Hon#.22Hon.22_as_a_trademark

 

[Foxi4]

So... from now on, it'll have to be "Rare Confectionery", not "Rare Candy"? Or will that be considered "prior art"?

 

[Apache Thunder]

I had thought there were some words that couldn't be trademarked. Common words that described everyday objects. Like Pizza, Coffee, Dirt, Grass, etc.

Candy is the same. It's indeed retarded that this was even approved. But I can bet it won't stand up in court. Someone just needs the courage (and money I suppose) to stand up and defend themselves when King tries to enforce the trademark.

First thought that came to my head...

LOL. That's the same exact thing that popped into my mind when I read the thread title.

 

[FAST6191]

This is about as bad as the chick that copyrighted the word "hon".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Hon#.22Hon.22_as_a_trademark

At a glance that looked like a perfectly normal trademark. Reading further it does seem to be local slang so that is a bit worse. For the most part though this seems like a fairly legit trademark unlike the one from the OP.

 

[chartube12]

I wanna know how many people don't know king was bought out by EA over the summer.

 

[XDel]

Not entirely. If you create something and someone blantantly copies it you'd want there to be a way to do something about it. This is just plain stupid though.

Yes, and this also prevents the small man from making certain basic tools to sale and help put food on the table for his family.
Also it keeps certain patents from going public. Corporate People aka Corporate Entities have the ability to buy up certain pattens then throw them in the proverbial vault, never to see the light of day. The big three automobile makers are well known for this amongst others.
This is also why "life" is now legal to patten under certain circumstances, it helps to break into and control the market against "natural and free" alternatives, as well as create frankenstien plants that do not produce seeds, thus forcing farmers under the control of the seed supplier. There is a big picture to all this that transcends the likes of a few video game companies or MTV radio stars.

Oh yes, and now that information can be copyrighted and owned, history can be buried by the news, universities, and so on.

 

[grossaffe]

I wanna know how many people don't know king was bought out by EA over the summer.

And now it all makes sense.

 

[Gahars]

Looks like they're going after companies for the use of the word "Saga," too... including The Banner Saga.

 

[vayanui8]

Who the hell was stupid enough to pass this.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

/insert obligatory ProfessorFarnsworth.jpg here

Yeah, I saw this last night. I think I should give Stephen King a call about a certain two letter patent he should file...

 

[Sheimi]

Looks like they're going after companies for the use of the word "Saga," too... including The Banner Saga.

What the actual fuck. This has gotten out of control.

 

[nando]

I guess we can look forward to candee from now on.

 

[Jayro]

I enjoyed the "King-dumb" pun at the end. :3

 

[zeello]

well, now I know I won't be getting Candy Crush Saga

 

[Pedeadstrian]

well, now I know I won't be getting Candy Crush Saga

Or, better yet, pirate it. Unlimited Lives ftw.

 

[KingVamp]

My word! What the OP, this fine gentleman, wrote is false. I didn't remember trademarking "Candy". That's absurd.
Blood™ on the other hand...

 

[Qtis]

Looks like they're going after companies for the use of the word "Saga," too... including The Banner Saga.

Could they go after Twilight due to it being called a "Saga"? It's already in the same business area (entertainment) and they probably have some kind of game in development (or released?).

As for trademarks (and copyrighted material), this is no surprise. It is common knowledge that the US Patent Office actually granted a ton of patents during the dotcom bubble which were basically old patents with a subtle "on the internet/online" added to the end of each sentence.