King sues French band Bubblies because their name sounds like Bubble [then backed down]
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Quick translation of the source :
[quote]We thought King's legal craze over with the end of the lawsuit against The Banner Saga, but it seems the social games publisher has made noise again by suing French rock band Bubblies.
According to their facebook group, King thinks that the name Bubblies could be confused with the game Bubble Witch Saga. This is even more ridiculous when you know that the band from Toulouse has been touring for more than 20 years.
It is however important to know that King has been publishing small games since 2001 which probably constitutes the main reason behind the lawsuit. It is rather hard to believe that King can win since Bubble Witch was only released in 2011. However the rather limited funds of the rock band may force them to let King win without being able to really defend themselves.
On the upside, King's sudden focus on Bubblies has at least given the band some nice free publicity.[/quote]
[url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2014/00071882-king-porte-plainte-contre-un-groupe-de-musique.htm]Source (in French)[/url]
Quick update : The Bubblies have updated their facebook [url=https://www.facebook.com/thebubblies]22 minutes ago[/url] and [url=http://www.bubblies.fr/IMG/pdf/20140505_cp_bubblies_vs_king.pdf]published an announcement[/url] to state that King has already withdrawn, could a mod add this in the title ?
Fuck king.
that's pretty fucking retarded
Does this company want people to hate them?
[QUOTE=Moby-;44727627]Does this company want people to hate them?[/QUOTE]
They can't hear people over their wads of cash.
King are so fucking moronic.
Classic King.
Burger King sue King plz.
Wouldn't expect anything less from King.
It'd be fucking brilliant if they kept pulling this kind of shit, and then someone filed a countersuit and won, forcing King to change the name of their games.
What'd be even better is if a Government (french government) or even the EU decided that King's practices are illegal, and banned them from trading in the EU. Won't happen, but a man can dream.
[QUOTE=Moby-;44727627]Does this company want people to hate them?[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, opinions on an internet forum are irrelevant when there's money to be made.
[QUOTE=layla;44727840]Unfortunately, opinions on an internet forum are irrelevant when there's money to be made.[/QUOTE]
Let's make video from remove kebab turned to remove king and put on online petition with vid that shall contain thousands of people signed up to remove king :v:
I think one of the failings of capitalism is the ability to be a complete scumbag moneygrubber and get away with it.
Like literally you can do what King do - remake other people's games except introduce ridiculous payment barriers, and then take down anyone who makes anything similar or uses a name that's similar to yours (even if they used it first), and still get praised for your 'contribution to gaming'.
King's contribution to gaming is a gigantic smelly turd. The faster it's flushed the better.
Came in here expecting an actual king, disappointed :(
Jesus, this is the first I'm hearing of this Banner Saga thing.
Are they going to demand all of the Norse sagas be burned for being retroactively too similar to their trademark for the use of the word saga?
[QUOTE=NitronikALT;44727620]that's pretty fucking retarded[/QUOTE]
Pretty... fuck King retarded
From the title alone, I thought the French King was the one suing.
[editline]5th May 2014[/editline]
I guess I just assumed they were a constitutional monarchy like England.
Oh god I've seen this game, it's literally just a Ripoff of Puzzle Bobble
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I really hope King gets sued into the ground by somebody
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;44728121]From the title alone, I thought the French King was the one suing.
[editline]5th May 2014[/editline]
I guess I just assumed they were a constitutional monarchy like England.[/QUOTE]
Nah, they haven't had a monarchy since 1870.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;44728167]Oh god I've seen this game, it's literally just a Ripoff of Puzzle Bobble
[t]http://allandroidanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bubble-witch-saga.jpg[/t][t]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MQFtNeuDacE/U2eWPjjOzGI/AAAAAAAAEFg/9DSunWQT9xc/s0/2014-05-05_23-46-38.png[/t]
I really hope King gets sued into the ground by somebody[/QUOTE]
Are the only games King makes just reskins of bejeweled?
[QUOTE=Hardsurface;44727884]I think one of the failings of capitalism is the ability to be a complete scumbag moneygrubber and get away with it.
Like literally you can do what King do - remake other people's games except introduce ridiculous payment barriers, and then take down anyone who makes anything similar or uses a name that's similar to yours (even if they used it first), and still get praised for your 'contribution to gaming'.
King's contribution to gaming is a gigantic smelly turd. The faster it's flushed the better.[/QUOTE]
Capitalism at least gives you some protection though. non capitalist societies would have an even weaker protection of IP.
Someone should tell Michael Bublé to be ready too, he's the next on King's list.
it's like america in a nutshell
suing for stupid things whenever it can
Theyre making an artform out of copying entire games then suing over something like a name.
This [I]has[/I] to be a publicity stunt.
[QUOTE=Kylel999;44728934]This [I]has[/I] to be a publicity stunt.[/QUOTE]
it's paying absurd amounts of money for lawyers whose only job is to look for things they can potentially get money for. In a perfect world this would be a great way to prevent bad things from happening, but given good lawyers cost a shitton of money, they're only paying them because they think it'll protect their profits, if not gain a little on top of that. If there's nothing legitimate to go after, the lawyers are going to make up for how much they're being paid with any frivilous shit they can get their hands on
[QUOTE=kaze4159;44728167]Oh god I've seen this game, it's literally just a Ripoff of Puzzle Bobble
[t]http://allandroidanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bubble-witch-saga.jpg[/t][t]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MQFtNeuDacE/U2eWPjjOzGI/AAAAAAAAEFg/9DSunWQT9xc/s0/2014-05-05_23-46-38.png[/t]
I really hope King gets sued into the ground by somebody[/QUOTE]
Creator of CandySwipe (whom Candy Crush Saga imitated stuff apparently) tried to sue them when King had problems with CandySwipe sounding/being too similar to Candy Crush Saga, he got some-fucking-how countersued and lost.
Want some insult to injury? CandySwipe's creator made his game for honor of his deceased mother.
[QUOTE=Perl;44728052]Came in here expecting an actual king, disappointed :([/QUOTE]
Yeah I thought too that the French Revolution really never happened.
[QUOTE=Hardsurface;44727727]Wouldn't expect anything less from King.
It'd be fucking brilliant if they kept pulling this kind of shit, and then someone filed a countersuit and won, forcing King to change the name of their games.
What'd be even better is if a Government (french government) or even the EU decided that King's practices are illegal, and banned them from trading in the EU. Won't happen, but a man can dream.[/QUOTE]
If the company was French it already would have suffered heavy sanctions because consumer associations would have pressured them to hell and back and the government would have had no remorse fining the shit out of them for trying to abuse the system.
[QUOTE=dai;44728960]it's paying absurd amounts of money for lawyers whose only job is to look for things they can potentially get money for. In a perfect world this would be a great way to prevent bad things from happening, but given good lawyers cost a shitton of money, they're only paying them because they think it'll protect their profits, if not gain a little on top of that. If there's nothing legitimate to go after, the lawyers are going to make up for how much they're being paid with any frivilous shit they can get their hands on[/QUOTE]
i thought lawyers did this all day
[video=youtube;zqr9U7OoTlk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqr9U7OoTlk[/video]
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