Activision Sued - Again - Over Call of Duty
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:41
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Delta Force, if you never played the series, is something you'll probably recognise instantly when you see the logo for the game. I have a very, very clear memory of walking in GAME and seeing lines and lines of these on shelves. It came as a surprise to me that the series is still going on, actually, and, with a new game on the horizon, perhaps that's why the developers behind the series are suing Activision.
Novatech claim that Activision are knowingly infringing on copyrighted material and using trademarks and, I have to admit, those logos are incredibly similar. However, claiming that Activision shouldn't use the Delta Force name, a real unit in the States, is a little bit silly.
From Courthouse News:
"The infringing mark's lightening rod is horizontal rather than vertical and a portion of the delta sign is set behind the dagger blade rather than being superimposed," according to the complaint.
"In single player mode, 7 of 16 missions are designated Delta Force missions, in which the only avatar available to players is 'Frost,' a Delta Force operator," the complaint states. "In addition, players fight alongside a number of non-player controlled characters. Several of these characters are members of Delta Force."
"In multiplayer mode, 7 of 16 mission maps have 'Delta Force' as one of the two factions that the player can select," NovaLogic says.
"At the time of this writing, Activision has released 6 additional multiplayer maps with infringing content. Activision plans to release additional content through their 'Elite Content' feature," it added.
"Despite Activision's irrefutable knowledge of NovaLogic's superior trademark rights, Activision created knockoff marks that are nearly identical [to] NovaLogic's design and word marks," according to the complaint. "Activision then shamelessly inserted these infringing marks throughout its competing first person military adventure video games.
"As if this were not enough, Activision has in-turn licensed the infringing marks to Defendants Voyetra Turtle Beach then shamelessly ('Turtle Beach'), Microsoft Inc. ('Microsoft') and the BradyGAMES division of Penguin Books ('BradyGAMES') without NovaLogic's permission. As a result of Activision's unauthorized licensing, Turtle Beach and Microsoft have created special editions of their products where the overall look and feel is entirely dominated by use of the infringing marks. In addition, BradyGAMES, a creator of videogame strategy guides and books, has reproduced NovaLogic's marks in its publications relating to defendants' game."
Via: Kotaku
Source: Gameranx
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