Take-Two Interactive’s Silly Copyright Lawsuits

Recently, Take-Two company, Remedy Entertainment You may have heard that he filed a lawsuit claiming that his revamped logo resembles the Rockstar logo.

Take-Two, the content used in its games copyrights He really tries every way to protect it. In fact, sometimes these methods are so ridiculous that game lovers and game developers his reaction is pulling.

Well, exactly what these cases are? What is its purpose? Is Take-Two really acting to protect its copyrights or is it the slightest thing? purpose of making money Is he trying to herd? To answer these questions, let’s take a look at some of the most ridiculous copyright lawsuits Take-Two has filed:

If you would like to read the Remedy news in detail, you can find it below:

“It Takes Two”, produced by Hazelight Studios and selected as the game of the year

It Takes Two, as the name suggests two players can play together It is an adventure game and it lives up to its name.

Also the name of the game is in english colloquially is widely used. In other words, it is directly related to the concept of the game’s content and reflects the spirit of the game.

However, the Take-Two company decided that the name of the game It Takes Two was can be confused with its own name and claimed that it could cause a misconception in the minds of the consumers, and then the developer and publisher of the game To Hazelight Studios and EA filed a lawsuit against him.

Hazelight, the developer of the game at the time, was dismissed due to copyright claims by Take-Two. He could not register the name of the game. The outcome of the case is still unclear.

What a ridiculous situation, isn’t it? Officially “Our company’s name is Take-Two, and yours says Take Two. You’ve stolen our name.” they said. wait The nonsense is not limited to this.

An ax throwing shop in Canada: Rockstar Ax Throwing

Take-Two is a Canadian company ax throwing shop filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement. The company has its own brand of this name “Rockstar Games” He claimed that it could be confused with and reduce brand value.

The shop owner said that he did not want to change his name and that the sport of ax throwing with rock music He said it was related. The outcome of the case is unknown, but the shop is still operating under the same name.

The book about thinking like a Rock Star: Think Like a Rock Star

Another one “Rockstar” Another one of the Take-Two cases that was triggered by seeing the word. There are so many sample cases like this that the company officially insane like the smallest “rock” At the word, he immediately resorts to court action.

The ridiculous part is that these words are already English existing as words. This book teaches readers to think like rock stars and develop their brands in a fan-centric way.

In fact, the author of his book It has nothing to do with the gaming industry, argued that it was merely describing how music stars communicate with their fans. They seem to have found a solution by separating the word Rockstar before the business gets any bigger.

“Max Fayne”, a clothing company

You also know that he filed a lawsuit because of his logo. Remedy Entertainment he once worked with Rockstar. By working together, that once legendary series Max Payne they had developed.

In Take-two, the name of this clothing company is Max, the main character of the series. payneHe went to court, claiming that he looked like .

It doesn’t seem like a claim, these guys literally stole it. We think they are right about this. 🙂

Will they always sue themselves? This time they had to pay compensation due to copyright: Randy Orton’s tattoo artist Catherine Alexander

This to the source by Catherine Alexander, wrestler from 2002 to 2008 to Randy Orton He had six tattoos. Orton and Alexander had never discussed copyright or permission before or after getting these tattoos.

Randy Orton, on the other hand, used his own name and image while making a wrestling agreement with WWE. He licensed it to WWE. WWE also owns these name and image rights, “WWE 2K” It sublicensed video games to Take-Two Interactive.

Take-Two also used Alexander’s tattoos when creating a realistic portrayal of Randy Orton in the video games. Alexander did not sit idle and joined Take-Two and WWE in 2018. alleging copyright infringement He filed a lawsuit.

According to Alexander, when he made the tattoos, he had Orton sign a copyright agreement and received permission from Take-Two himself. you didn’t get permission he stated. Take-Two, on the other hand, claimed that the tattoos were Orton’s freedom of expression on his body and were used to provide realism in the games.

The court ruled in favor of Alexander and ruled that Take-Two Compensation payment of $3,750 had ruled.

It’s as if the letter “R” belongs to them: Every letter “R” logo they see

We did a lot of research before writing this content and as a result, we witnessed very strange cases. Remedy Entertainment’s logo “R” case falls only to the media It’s just a tiny piece of crumbs.

What Take-Two has opened so far dozens maybe hundreds There is a lawsuit. The company is officially “R” They act as if the letter belongs only to them and they do not have the slightest influence on any company. “R” When they see the letter, they immediately file a copyright lawsuit.

What is seen in the picture here is just tip of the iceberg. These are the only logos we can fit here, there are also many more that we cannot fit.

Also, let’s not end this content without mentioning this. Take-Two company only “R” the letter or “Rockstar” He’s not obsessed with his words either. with English words “Bully, Rally, Mafia and Civilization” They also copyright similar words such as. Frankly, we didn’t know what to say. Maybe there are even other words that we cannot see.

This is you too to the source You can take a look at many different example cases, but be careful, Take-Two’s lawyers It may be after you too. They may even have filed a lawsuit against you even while reading this content. It’s okay for us, it’s in our name Letter “R” or “Rockstar” We are lucky that there is no word.

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