It seems that the developer behind Devil’s Third Valhalla Games Studios can’t catch a break at the moment as it has emerged that they are now involved in a court case against Valhalla Motion Pictures. It is a trademark dispute which I suspect has something to do with the very similar logos for each company, as well as the name. NeoGAF member, TheBryanJZX90, has said that the case is going to be heard this Friday at a special event in Loyola Law School.
Thanks for the tip MasterPikachu6
HAHAHAHAHA! You can’t copyright a famous historic/mythological name and a fucking Viking ship.
Actually I think you can. I could name my studio Submarine studios and have a picture of a famous submarine, as long as nobody hasn’t already copyrighted it first. However I don’t think they will win this case because the Viking ships are a little different and the one is motion pictures, while the other is games. So not sure it will be a tough one to win…
But they are clearly different ships.
In Norwegian law, the court would look at the products. Film vs. videogames. Would the other company’s name confuse the buyers to buy Vallahalla Games’ products instead of Valhalla Motion Pictures’? PROBABLY NOT. But who know? We had a case here in Norway when Kraft Foods sued an author for having a book in the same colour patent as one of theirs chocolates… AND KRAFT FOOD WON!!! WTF?!
I gues we can’t sell apples anymore shame
Or candy…
There’s no way the game studio is going to be winning this one.
Actually I think it’s the motion picture studio that’s trying to sue game studios.
I don’t think he implied that at all lol
Oh ok. I still don’t see how the game studios could lose though. It’s so not close enough to be sued over.
They would still lose in either sense as the one being sued or the one suing against Valhalla Motion Pictures.
companies being childish YAYYYYYYYYY
Urghhhhh, I’ll just wait for that direct to happen, this bitching between companies is getting annoying
Wow. The immaturity in some companies is astounding! “Oh no! They have Valhalla in their name, are using a viking ship that looks nothing like our viking ship, and has it sailing through a body of water! Let’s sue them!”
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