All I am saying is in my circle of family and friends any mention of the word candy leads to questions like "which level are you on in candy crush", "Oh that was such a difficult level", "wtf you haven't played candy crush yet??!!", etc. etc.
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All I am saying is in my circle of family and friends any mention of the word candy leads to questions like "which level are you on in candy crush", "Oh that was such a difficult level", "wtf you haven't played candy crush yet??!!", etc. etc.
I never played candy crush, nor i will, but isn't it basically a ripoff of pre-existing games?
how the heck are they spearheading efforts "to prevent others from creating games that unfairly capitalise on our success."
I'm not disagreeing that the game is incredibly popular, just with the idea that that means that other people can't use the name 'candy' in their titles. Trademarks should protect creators against blatant copying, but if a random game is added to the store that is NOTHING like Candy Crush Saga but has the name 'candy' in it, it has every right to be there.
There's nothing unusual or dramatic or stupid about words being trademarked. 'The' has been trademarked dozens of times in the UK. We can all still happily use it as a word and in titles.
I look forward to the day when people get sick of Candy Crush. What an awful waste of time and money.
It's a bit silly to copyright a single word like that, especially when that word can often be used in games.
Naming your company is one thing but the title of a game is another. There are millions of games, there aren't that many companies. You can't name your company Apple but if someone makes a game about candy, I think copyrighting that word is going a bit too far, as a game is quite disposable while companies stick around for decades.
What if Angry Birds copyrighted "Birds" or "Angry"? Or if Cut the Rope copyrighted "Rope"? Soon we'll run out of things to make games about, as everything will be copyrighted!
PS: Candy Crush is heavily based on / is basically the same thing as Bejeweled, so how original is that?
Naming your company is one thing but the title of a game is another. There are millions of games, there aren't that many companies. You can't name your company Apple but if someone makes a game about candy, I think copyrighting that word is going a bit too far, as a game is quite disposable while companies stick around for decades.
What if Angry Birds copyrighted "Birds" or "Angry"? Or if Cut the Rope copyrighted "Rope"? Soon we'll run out of things to make games about, as everything will be copyrighted!
PS: Candy Crush is heavily based on / is basically the same thing as Bejeweled, so how original is that?
Trademark, not copyright. Titles cannot be copyrighted. You can find various books/movies/games with the same title, but which are unrelated, and it's all fine. If you want to protect a title in some way it needs to be trademarked. It wouldn't be an issue if they were trademarking "Candy Crush Saga", but attempting to trademark "candy" and "saga" is ludicrous and should never have been allowed in the first place.
--Eric
Between copyrighting of common stuff and some of the patent crap, it is getting shameful how companies operate. I would imagine is someone were to invent the "wheel" today, nobody else would be able to use it. And where would that get us?
Apple is a particular bad-guy in this arena. If they have an idea, they fight tooth and nail against competition. Good thing they were not the FIRST to invent the cell phone. In their world, nobody else would have been able to make them.
Apple is a particular bad-guy in this arena. If they have an idea, they fight tooth and nail against competition. Good thing they were not the FIRST to invent the cell phone. In their world, nobody else would have been able to make them.
How the hell can you trademark the use of a single COMMON word like "candy" to be used exclusively for your company? Wouldn't a single prior use of the word candy in ANY program in the history of computers invalidate such a thing even without the "common" use of the word itself? It was like the SyFy Channel trying to trademark the term "SciFi" when it's been common use for many decades. It just shouldn't be allowed period. What if someone wanted a Christmas theme game called "Candy Cane Factory". TOO BAD. Kings Games OWNS ****ALL**** usage of the word "Candy" in every game for all eternity. I'm sorry, but that's a crock and it should be protested everywhere. That sounds like some official took a BRIBE to violate COMMON SENSE.
I think I'd like to trademark the word "money" for usage in ANY program on any computer or game system forever! I'll apply for that now....
I think I'd like to trademark the word "money" for usage in ANY program on any computer or game system forever! I'll apply for that now....
The first time I saw their TV commercial, I thought it was a joke. I don't remember when it was, but I recall it was during a broadcast that was known for high-priced commercials (like the Super Bowl but not), and was surprised that this no-name game (to me) paid to advertise their product!
It's a dumb commercial, and reeks of the likes of Perfect Polly (the parakeet for the mentally insane).
What people spend money on....
It's a dumb commercial, and reeks of the likes of Perfect Polly (the parakeet for the mentally insane).
What people spend money on....
Cannot be emphasised enough. Basically their entire company is based around something they stole from Popcap.
I can't believe Popcap, especially now they've been acquired by EA and have their resources behind them, have not taken these Bozos to court.
Nothing stupid about it, until a company backed by apple starts trying to sue everyone else who uses the word, that is!
Nope. Unlike pre-existing games, it has had millions of dollars of analytic and statistical research put into additives making it as addictive as cigarettes to some people, driving mindless hoards into putting more and more money into something that is less and less fun. Similar to cigarettes and the lottery, another tax on stupid behavior. Whether you think that's good or bad probably depends on your system of ethics.