King, creators of the super successful Candy Crush Saga, have gone on the warpath after successfully claiming trademarks on words the words “candy” and “saga”.<\/p>\n
According to Reuters<\/a>, King says that they want to protect their game title from imitators who also use the word “candy”. Their trademark with European Union will apply not only to computer games, but also to clothes and footwear.<\/p>\n That almost sounds reasonable when you pause to think about the number of game clones littering various app stores, but then when you realise they are taking on anyone with the word “candy” or “saga” in their game title, it quickly becomes apparent how unfair and ridiculous this is.<\/p>\n For example, they are taking on “All Candy Casino Slots – Jewels Craze Connect: Big Blast Mania Land” because its icon on the app store simply says “Candy Slots”, as reported by NeoSeeker<\/a>.<\/p>\n Things have just become ugly over in the US, as spotted by Kotaku<\/a>. King’s To put things in perspective, Stoic is an independent studio founded in 2012 in Texas by three developers, and The Banner Saga is their first offering.<\/p>\n King is a social gaming giant founded in 2003, and the largest games developer on Facebook with over 150 games. The company has over 400 employees in offices around the globe, including Mumbai, Spain, Romania, Germany, UK, Sweden, and the US (to name a few). The company has received over $47 million in venture capital.<\/p>\nsharks<\/del> lawyers are reportedly taking on Stoic Studio, creators of the recently launched and successful\u00a0The Banner Saga<\/a>. They don’t want money (how nice of them) but they want a word removed.<\/p>\n