KnackChap Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 finally someone is going after this bastard, i hope EA f**ks him for all the sh*t he has caused. GO EA!! Source - EG Electronic Arts has petitioned the US Patent & Trademark Office to cancel a range of registrations associated with Edge Games, Inc. In the petition, filed earlier this month, EA's lawyers allege that Edge Games has been pumping oxygen into various filings for marks including "The Edge" by claiming they were associated with active commerce when they weren't. There are numerous citations in the 28-page document, which seeks to have Edge Games' various trademarks cancelled. Edge Games, of course, is the company run by Tim Langdell, who made headlines earlier this year when he tackled French developer Mobigame about its iPhone title, Edge. Last we heard they were set to do battle in court. EA's interest stems from Mirror's Edge, which came out last year. "Since 2008, Registrant [Edge Games] has continuously threatened to file suit against EA for distributing the Mirror's Edge game on the basis of his purported 'family of registered EDGE marks'. Petitioners reasonably believe that Registrant will contest their right to use the Mirror's Edge mark," the petition noted. Expect this one to run. Check out our in-depth report on Mobigame's tussle with Edge Games for more background. For those who dunno much about this f**ker, langdell trademarked the name 'THE EDGE' and started blackballing companies into either paying licensing fees for using the word EDGE or face the consequence. He's is the reason Soul Edge became Soul calibur and the removal of EDGE form the apple app store and many such more. Check his website. http://www.edgegames.com/ Mirrors from EDGE and note howthe a**hole is using EDGE magazine logo and some Peripheral from datel as his product EG had a nice article on how it all started. check below http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-edge-of-reason?page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 For a second, I thought it was something to do with the magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeezNah Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 He's is the reason Soul Edge became Soul calibur and the removal of EDGE form the apple app store and many such more. holy f**k i remember this a**hole man i hope he gets hit hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 f**ker loved souledge/blade title better than soul calibur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john117 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Its amusing how EA has turned into a hero from everybody's favorite villain.. /cues times they ara -a- changing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Yep. Burn the f**ker. And his sh*t little lawsuit company. BTW here is his retarded response "The key dispute for the past two to three years ... has always been between the multinational conglomerate EA and Edge fighting for its rights as a relatively small indie developer up against the giant corporate bully, EA," Langdell wrote. "It is a great pity that another fellow indie developer, Mobigame, got caught in the crossfire, but at least EA are now out in the open with their fight, now openly trying to stifle the legitimate rights of indie developers." R.O.F.L You would think from reading that that it wasnt Tim "the c*nt" Langdell who sued Mobigame and forced them to take their game off the App store. For people who are wondering what the f**k is going on here is a nice little writeup by Kotaku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I just went through the Eurogamer article and this guy is an obnoxious f**k! In the same league as every gamer's favourite lawyer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 this guy is definitely a d-bag but not in the league of the mofo lawyer. indie game developer my a*s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Oh good god this is brilliant. Lifted directly of neogaf - I guess I am a little late to post this, now that the thread has been deleted but.... Earlier today, Tim Langdell from EDGE posted on the Game Developers page on LinkedIn. For those that do not know, LinkedIn is a social network for business professionals. The Game Developers page features over 19,000 professionals in the games industry - just about anyone you can think of is on it. At any rate, developers can post their job hirings for $195.00 per 30 day posting. Langdell had posted a thread looking for iPhone/360/PS3/PC/Wii developers. The following is the complete transcript from the posts. Hilarity ensues. Quote: Tim Langdell CEO, Edge Games See all Tim’s discussions » Coders and 3D Artists Needed (PC, PS3, Wii, XBOX360, iPhone) - worldwide EDGE Games is currently expanding its development teams and are seeking the following: * Programmers with expertise in coding for Wii, PS3, Xbox360, PC, DS or iPhone/iPod Touch (preference for those who have coded for a shipped product) * Animators with experience in Maya or 3D Max (again, experience with a shipped game preferred but not essential) * Programmers with expertise in procedural graphic coding on any platform. * Coders with expertise using the Unreal Engine. Posted 18 hours ago | Expiring in 13 days | Reply Privately Comments (7) ________________________________________ 1. Brian Beuken Brian Beuken Lecturer in Computer Gaming at NHTV Breda Why are you still pretending you are a game developer? You have no dev status on Wii/DS/Ps3 or Xbox and your offices are a mail box....EA are about to shut you and your Edge scam down for good and you could well end up in jail for your perjury. Anyone even remotely tempted to respond should read www.chaosedge.wordpress.com Enough already Tim, the whole world knows you're not a games developer, apart from you it seems. Time you stopped this! Posted 8 hours ago | Reply Privately _______________________________ 2. Martin Piper Martin Piper Owner, Replica Software EDGE Games have not been active for years. http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?p...&am...y=CAN&eno=1 Tim, have you paid the other developers who took you to court after you failed to pay them? There are many other questions you have not answered Tim. http://www.igda.org/node/1035923 http://www.igda.org/node/1037144 Posted 7 hours ago | Reply Privately ___________________________________ 3. Andres Del Valle Department Chair - Computer Animation wow, thanks guys. I'll make my students aware of this. Posted 2 hours ago | Reply Privately ____________________________________ 4. Tim Langdell Tim Langdell CEO, Edge Games There is no truth to what either of you say and we note again the deliberate damage you two are trying to cause Edge Games. Edge has been active as a developer/publisher for the past 30 years, and as you know currently has a new game in release with several further games in development. We are authorized Nintendo (Wii/DS) developers and we are PS3 developers, too. We are also authorized Apple iPhone developers and despite what you say we the reality is we have several XBOX360 titles in development. EA's futile attempt to cancel our trademarks will fail since it has no basis in fact or law. No developers ever took Edge Games to court over a failure to pay them, and so far no one has been able to send us anything that shows there was any truth to that. Of the several hundred developers and artists who have worked for Edge over the past 30 years the vast majority have been entirely happy with the experience they had working with us. Posted 1 hour ago | Reply Privately _____________________________ 5. Brian Beuken Brian Beuken Lecturer in Computer Gaming at NHTV Breda "we"? How does 1 man working with photoshop (badly) out of a mail box get to use the royal we? I never mentioned Iphone, anyone can be an Iphone developer for $99. Even me. XNA also provides a way to the Xbox but you are not a developer...you can't be..not running from a mail box..We all know this, and so do you. Don't try to hide from the point..you do not have developer status on Wii,DS.PS3 or Xbox360. You are not therefore in any position to offer work to anyone who is qualified to work on those consoles. Tim, stop...seriously, I am starting to think you must be ill, you've been exposed totally. And the more you continue to parade these grandiose delusions that you are an important figure in the games industry the more we will point out the simple facts that show you are not. In that way the development community you've been living off vicariously for years now will eventually shed itself of you. Edge Games is a shell, a sham, a non entity you've kept going for years to give you some sense of importance that your output simply does not justify. There can't be a developer left who does not know that. You can make these bold statements till the cows come home the facts are quite simple. EA will shut you down, your lies have been exposed and the more you protest them, the more retribution for them will come your way. The whole world knows you for what you are...when are YOU going to realize this? Posted 1 hour ago | Reply Privately _____________________________ 6. Tim Langdell Tim Langdell CEO, Edge Games Again, you are wrong. Edge Games is an authorized developer for Wii/DS, etc. Your saying Edge is not a developer does not make it a fact no matter how many times you say it. That you totally ignore the fact Edge currently has a game in release reveals that you have no goal other than to cause damage to Edge Games no matter how many facts you have to ignore to achieve your twisted objective. I note you repeated the lie about two programmers suing Edge Games and once again fail to provide any evidence that happened. It did not and you know it did not. Posted 1 hour ago | Reply Privately ____________________________ 7. Brian Beuken Brian Beuken Lecturer in Computer Gaming at NHTV Breda Tim I AM a registered developer...I can check..I did,...you are not. I know its not easy for others to get hold of this information, so you can make this claim fairly confident others cannot check it...but I can, I have, the fact is you are the liar...and you don't seem to realize the game is up. Your game in release...ie Racers? is actually Voltage a previously released game, your ownership of which is questionable, and you've sold....0 copies...a fact provable by the invoice numbers received by two ChaosEdge users. You've not actually delivered the copy of Racers that was ordered..so I really don't see how that qualifies as a game in release? The more you attempt to justify your ridiculous claims the easier it is for myself and others to disprove them. You're a psychologist...tell me, why do people who get caught telling lies insist on repeating the lie over and over again hoping that at least someone will believe them? Posted 39 minutes ago | Reply Privately This was approximately 3-4 hours ago. I have just received word that the thread has been deleted by Mr. Langdell. Unfortunately, I can't provide a link to the thread thanks to it's deletion, but you can see that it's been deleted here: http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers...mentID_7525596 Awesome! 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Bulovski Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 i just hope EA takes this guy's a*s apart in court and doesn't give a damn about settlement. but unfortunately he will get away since his company is different from him. and then he will do the scam again with some other gullible idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in-fi-ni-ty Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 technically EA is suing this guy for suing others!! go for it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 hope this fker burns in hell - Edge on the iphone was an amazing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebody Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 thanks for the links KC and all... been reading thru all the links and stuff till now and This guy has to go down... I can't believe he got away with all this bullshit for so long in the CrossEdge website, It's funny to see how they point out all the stupid changes they make to the website everytime somethign abt the boxart comes up and the detailed analysis of the contents/date-stamps of the Mythora disc and all... these guys are really gonna take him down GO EA !!! Bring them down !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 we note again the deliberate damage you two are trying to cause Edge Games I note you repeated the lie about two programmers suing Edge Games and once again fail to provide any evidence that happened. Looks like he's looking for money to fight EA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 LOL, won't matter. A few days ago mobigames guy said that Tim's lawyers have "fled". It's over. This is just him flailing before he drowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebody Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 btw, all the patents EDGE, GAMER'S EDGE, CUTTING EDGE and all are showing as 'Cancellation Pending' on the US Patents and TM Office website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 btw, all the patents EDGE, GAMER'S EDGE, CUTTING EDGE and all are showing as 'Cancellation Pending' on the US Patents and TM Office website EA is the plaintiff PlaintiffName: EA Digital Illusions CE AB and Electronic Arts Inc. They weren't kidding, were they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebody Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/...;TEXT=77222986# anyway, what exactly is EA trying to do now, is it trying to bring down Tim for all the bullshit that he's done or is EA trying to get make Mirror's Edge it's own ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/...;TEXT=77222986# anyway, what exactly is EA trying to do now, is it trying to bring down Tim for all the bullshit that he's done or is EA trying to get make Mirror's Edge it's own ? The names of the Examining Attorney in the suspension letter is "Kapil K. Bhanot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 I thought like this. More interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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