"WarZ" trademark too similar to "World War Z" is suspected to having their name changed
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[quote]There is something interesting showing up if you check the “United States Patent and Trademark Office” website for the “War Z” trademark that has been registered by OP Productions.
The trademark application by OP Productions for the name “War Z” has been SUSPENDED because the trademark office feels that the name is too similar to the name of Paramount Pictures upcoming movie “World War Z”.
See the suspension notice for yourself:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LLGSe.jpg[/img]
Source: [url]http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85682663&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch[/url]
What does this mean ?
*The name will very likely have to be changed because it is too similar to “World War Z”.
*If the trademark attorney feels that the similarity is too big, it it’s obvious that Paramount Pictures may legally forbid the use of “War Z”.
*The trademark was only filled in July 2012, further evidence pointing towards that this game has been in development for only 6 months.
*They have received the suspension letter on 15th November 2012 already, so they know for over a month now that their name has to be changed.
Thanks to the anonymous mailer who sent me these information regarding the “War Z” trademark. It’s in the interest of the mailer to make customers aware that they can fill a complaint against Arktos Entertainment Group and OP Production for their actions regarding false information, lies about their Alpha/Beta status and missing features/false advertisement.
To do so follow: [url]https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/[/url]
And since it’s not easy to get information on these companies, here are the complete adresses of both:
Arktos Entertainment Group, Inc.
11400 Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
United States
Phone:
916-445-1254
OP PRODUCTIONS, LLC
11833 Mississippi Ave., Suite 100
Los Angeles
CALIFORNIA
90025
UNITED STATES
617-596-3208
617-812-2554[/quote]
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[url]http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85682663&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch[/url]
how much more can they fuck up
jesus cockfuckin' christ
I can finally say that the movie hasn't completely disappointed me
To be honest it makes sense, "War Z" sounds like it could be a prequel to "World War Z".
[B] OP Productions[/B]
no wonder they never deliver
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[QUOTE=Turing;38947026][B] OP Productions[/B]
no wonder they never deliver[/QUOTE]
That was the hardest I had laughed all day.
Take my winner sir, you deserve it.
[QUOTE=TheSporeGA;38947109]It's a bit odd that they can patent such a simple name.[/QUOTE]
It's a trademark, not a patent. Did you read the article?
[quote]*They have received the suspension letter on 15th November 2012 already, so they know for over a month now that their name has to be changed.
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Must've been too busy banning people on their forums.
I can't wait till DayZ standalone releases and we can leave this ripoff in the dust.
The Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing executable file is actually named CarZ.exe... so that might be the [i]first[/i] thing Sergey thought of himself!
makes sense, i thought warz was affiliated with the world war z novel/movie for quite a while before i realized it wasn't.
To be honest I actually thought that the game was based off of World war Z solely on the name, as I never played it before.
They fucked up SO ROYALLY
Sergey was probably going to say
"We felt like War Z was not a good name for the game we wanted to make. So we changed it to this, [insert new name], instead.
I hope the community likes the new name and we will be talking more about upcoming changes in our company soon"
when the game was first announced i thought it was a game based around the world war z series.
so im glad they are doing this.
They should change it to "Left 4 Zed".
The Walking Zergey
Killing War
That is pretty stupid, regardless of how the game is. When I think of WarZ I don't get anything going up in my head that says "World war Z".
[QUOTE=laserguided;38949436]That is pretty stupid, regardless of how the game is. When I think of WarZ I don't get anything going up in my head that says "World war Z".[/QUOTE]
'War Z' does look like a simple contraction of 'World War Z'
[QUOTE=laserguided;38949436]That is pretty stupid, regardless of how the game is. When I think of WarZ I don't get anything going up in my head that says "World war Z".[/QUOTE]
i knew about wwz before i knew about warz and it confused me greatly to hear warz had no connection to wwz.
not one gram of original thought in their heads
this is one of the cases where this is actually warranted btw - when I first heard of this game I immediately thought of WWZ
Oh War Z, nobody will ever stop picking on little old you.
War Y
I find it hilarious because of how much they have fucked up ever since it came out.
And Titov doesn't believe it.
[url]http://forums.thewarz.com/showthread.php?83274-Sad-trademark-suspension-direct-proof&p=1286542&viewfull=1#post1286542[/url]
What a fucking idiot
[QUOTE=timothy80;38952237]And Titov doesn't believe it.
[url]http://forums.thewarz.com/showthread.php?83274-Sad-trademark-suspension-direct-proof&p=1286542&viewfull=1#post1286542[/url]
What a fucking idiot[/QUOTE]
I actually went ahead and searched for the heck of it, I don't see it on there.
[editline]23rd December 2012[/editline]
Also, from Sergey himself: "This is as stupid as saying that colorado map is only 3x3 km."
[QUOTE=racerfan;38952478]I actually went ahead and searched for the heck of it, I don't see it on there.
[editline]23rd December 2012[/editline]
Also, from Sergey himself: "This is as stupid as saying that colorado map is only 3x3 km."[/QUOTE]
So wait, let me get this straight, they won't have to change the name since the application was "suspended"? Damn, I was really hoping for a better title, "The War Z" sounds pretty retarded honestly.
The reason why it hasn't been killed in the other one is because WWZ hasn't had it approved yet.
WWZ will get theirs first, then the application for TWZ will be stopped.
[editline]23rd December 2012[/editline]
basically
wwz applies > twz applies > uspto says "oh hey twz we might have a problem" (where we are right now) > wwz approved > twz denied based on the just approved wwz
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