国际游戏巨头美国电子艺界公司正式向专利-商标局申请裁撤Tim Langdell旗下的Edge Games争议商标登记。

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评论称Tim Langdell旗下的Edge Games已经数年（据称已经有16年之久）不再有作品推出，事实上他已经不再对EDGE商标局有所有权。

Edge Games曾在六月早期的时候威胁说要起诉电子艺界公司“恶意侵犯和涉嫌不公平竞争”。据了解，该事件争议的起源在于电子艺界旗下的游戏Mirror’s Edge和Edge Games重名了。Tim Langdell坚称他们从1984年就拥有了Edge商标。

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International publisher Electronic Arts has petitioned the US Patent & Trademark Office to cancel the contentious trademark registrations from Tim Langdell’s Edge Games.

Landgell has come to notoriety lately as he used his trademark of the word ‘Edge’ in a video game context to lash out at games Mirror’s Edge and iPhone puzzler Edge. Critics of his practices believe Langdell should no longer have the trademark, as his company hasn’t made a game in many years.

In fact, that’s the very case that EA is levelling against the ‘trademark troll’. Since Edge Games has had no substantial releases in the last 16 years, EA believes Langdell is using the name purely for legal spats, and should be stripped of the trademarks.

Edge Games threatened to sue EA earlier this month for “willful infringement and unfair competition,” plus “continued infringement” against EA, with claims for treble damages.

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