It was revealed that Take-Two, the umbrella company of Rockstar Games, objected to Remedy’s new logo introduced last year. The company claims that the Remedy logo is similar to the Rockstar logo.
Rockstar’s umbrella company behind GTA games Take-Two and developer of games such as Max Payne, Control, Alan Wake Remedy Entertainment, an interesting issue came to the agenda. It turned out that Take-Two wanted Remedy to change its logo.
According to the news first shared by RespawnFirst, Take-Two last year Objection to trademark authorities in the European Union and the United Kingdom found. The reason why the company took legal action was Remedy’s new logo.
Take-Two thinks Remedy’s logo looks like Rockstar
Remedy introduced its new logo, which you see above on the left, on April 14, 2023. The company changed its bullet-like logo to a reflective letter “R”. The information released today also showed that this move of the company angered Take-Two.
Take-Two objects to Remedy’s application to trademark authorities The new logo is similar to Rockstar’s he stated. In its justification, the company stated that the Remedy logo was “may create confusion in the public” told. It was reported that the company launched it in the EU on July 26 and in the United Kingdom on September 12. Two companies are currently in a waiting period. If they cannot resolve the issue among themselves, the matter may go to court. However, this will not happen before 2025.
What’s even weirder is that these two companies are collaborating. Remedy and Take-Two have been working together for a while on remakes of the Max Payne series. In fact, it was Rockstar that published the Max Payne games in the early 2000s. It is unclear whether what happened will damage this relationship.
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It is possible to say that Take-Two’s objection is more confusing than Remedy’s logo. The only thing both logos have in common is the letter “R”. Other than that, they don’t bear much resemblance. Additionally, Rockstar’s iconic logo with stars is engraved in everyone’s mind. It’s hard to say whether it would be confused with Remedy. However, they may have thought that since the two companies were so close, they could be confused. So what are your thoughts about logos? Do you think they look alike?