Curse

kilkelo · Mar 13, 2007, 03:14 AM // 03:14

You're telling me the Enquirer was right? Gaaahh!!!

arcanemacabre · Mar 13, 2007, 03:35 AM // 03:35

Woot! Inde, you are tha man!

Uhh... I mean Wo-Man!

Lord-UWR · Mar 13, 2007, 03:35 AM // 03:35

LOL, this was posted on the other HUGE thread about 5 hours ago, but NICE JOB in making a new thread. There is no doubt that those are the names.

ONE THING BOTHERS ME THOUGH. The date of registration is one day after Inquirer posted its article. =o

The Great Al · Mar 13, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38

yeah, I feel like maybe they are doing that to mislead us.

creelie · Mar 13, 2007, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Question - the phrase "Guild Wars" is always (c) Anet, right? No other company can use that name in conjunction with other words?

Noz Crow · Mar 13, 2007, 03:41 AM // 03:41

It takes along time to actually get the patent. They probably applied for it sometime ago and just now got it granted. Those things have to be researched by a group of lawyers to insure it does not infringe on someone elses patent.

Barek_NO · Mar 13, 2007, 03:47 AM // 03:47

I knew I should've started a new thread for this ... this has been getting some talk all day today already on the Inquirer thread: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=876

Anyway ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noz Crow

It takes along time to actually get the patent. They probably applied for it sometime ago and just now got it granted. Those things have to be researched by a group of lawyers to insure it does not infringe on someone elses patent.

Note from the trademark records: Filing Date March 6, 2007 - the day after the Inquirer article was posted on all the fan forums.

The Great Al · Mar 13, 2007, 03:56 AM // 03:56

i think with inventions and stuff it takes a long time to get a patent, but this process probably isnt very involved

**cosyfiep** · Mar 13, 2007, 04:02 AM // 04:02

hm, should I start saving fur now???? eye of the north sounds like a cold place---hope so, my monk yuki will be happy!

aeroclown · Mar 13, 2007, 04:14 AM // 04:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barek_NO

Note from the trademark records: Filing Date March 6, 2007 - the day after the Inquirer article was posted on all the fan forums.

Exactly, note that these are applications for a Trademark, they are not registered. They have not been published for opposition nor have they been officially registered. That means that these are not under the same statue of protection granted to registered trademarks though they are in process. That is to the best of my understanding of trademarks.

In other words, don't bank on these being for real. Granted a number of the trademarks listed are not registered, they still have a period of opposition to go through before they can be officially registered names.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...h=Submit+Query

Thallandor · Mar 13, 2007, 04:20 AM // 04:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucifer_uk

Wonder how much humble pie would be consumed on the 15th

None, cause we hate pies like Gaile.

/banned for 72 hours

Do you like pie?

___________________
Ban it like Galie

The Great Al · Mar 13, 2007, 04:25 AM // 04:25

haha yeah the more i think about it, the more i say this is a clever attempt to trick us.

Lord-UWR · Mar 13, 2007, 04:44 AM // 04:44

do you have any idea how much it costs to get a patent? well...around 2k, but would NCSoft have enough guts to play around with us? Ok that came out wrong, let me give it another try...would they waste their time and effort just to fool a bunch of people they see as pieces of hard cold cash? came out wrong again...I give up. XD

Omega X · Mar 13, 2007, 04:48 AM // 04:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noz Crow

It takes along time to actually get the patent. They probably applied for it sometime ago and just now got it granted. Those things have to be researched by a group of lawyers to insure it does not infringe on someone elses patent.

FOR Future Reference:

A Trademark is NOT a Patent.

Trademarks can be filed more quickly than patents can.

The Great Al · Mar 13, 2007, 05:03 AM // 05:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noz Crow

It takes along time to actually get the patent. They probably applied for it sometime ago and just now got it granted. Those things have to be researched by a group of lawyers to insure it does not infringe on someone elses patent.

if it's just a trademarked slogan or title i dont think itd take too long to figure out that it's not in use

arcanemacabre · Mar 13, 2007, 05:08 AM // 05:08

It would be really goofy to go to this extreme to fool and distract everyone... for a matter of a couple of weeks. Please. Anet is not exactly known for their misinformation. This pretty much proves that Eye of the North and GW2 are 99.9% true. The only thing that would cause this to be not true, is a major decision to change the names/gameplan in the future.

Absolute Eminence · Mar 13, 2007, 05:12 AM // 05:12

Thanks for the details. Much appreciated !!!

MirageMaster · Mar 13, 2007, 05:14 AM // 05:14

I wonder OP was smoking something.. this is old news and needs to be closed.

The Great Al · Mar 13, 2007, 05:17 AM // 05:17

LOL, the OP is the admin of the site

xshadowwolfx · Mar 13, 2007, 05:17 AM // 05:17

even so its so awesome it deserves a new thread.