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    Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?

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    Image of PossibleCabbage PossibleCabbage
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Should I hurry up and trademark "Theremin Heroine" before Activision steals my idea? #activision
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    Image of Hotline128 Hotline128
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    And here I was, thinking Mario was gonna be in more spin-off games then I thought was humanly possible, but Activision has Nintendo beat.

    The Hero franchise is getting more spin-offs then any other game on the planet.

    Here's hoping they don't actually release a separate full band game, with "Drum Hero" as the title.

    oh.. btw, I call "Plastic Guitar Hero", a game where you use a REAL guitar to mimic playing music on a plastic guitar! #activision
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    Bouchart promoted this comment Hotline128 was starred Hotline128 was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @Hotline128: Thing about Mario is that he's been around since the days of Donkey Kong, and many of his spinoff games aren't nearly as hyped. Many have been decent quality, too.

    I never would get into the whole plastic guitar deal. #activision
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I'm waiting for them to branch out and away from music...

    Math: Zero Hero
    Food: Hero Hero
    Ancient History: Nero Hero
    Planes: Aero Hero #activision
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/08/09

    @Eltigro: Tony Hawk's Skateboard Hero confirmed for 2010.
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    Edited by GohanGVO at 11/08/09 6:09 PM GohanGVO was starred GohanGVO was unstarred
    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    11/08/09

    @Eltigro: Actually "Gyro Hero" would be a more humorous title. #activision
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Oh Activision, you silly bastards.

    When will you learn, you killed this franchise with GH: Aerosmith. #activision
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    RyuuzakiBjorn promoted this comment GeneJacket was starred GeneJacket was unstarred
    Image of Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Donkey Konga is my Drum Hero.

    Also, I went to drumhero dot com and of course it was taken. I bet that domain owner won't be able to sleep for the next little while thinking of the ludicrous amounts of money they're going to get offered for that domain eventually.

    Hrm, either that or Acti will just sue them for it claiming they own the trademark so it's rightfully theirs. Roffles.
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    Edited by Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh at 11/08/09 4:45 PM Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh was starred Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @Sobersean: Luckily owning a trademark does NOT imply owning a corresponding url. That would be terrible. #activision
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    Image of Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh
    11/08/09

    @Quote: Yeah I'm not up on my law-fu but I thought I remembered something like this from the past where a company sued the individual who owned the domain for their trademark, even though the domain owner had it for a good while, and the company that was suing actually won their case.

    But that was a long time ago I'm unclear if that's an actual memory or something whispered into my ear by mushroom people. #activision
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    11/08/09

    @Sobersean: As long as the website is not related to the trademark in any way (i.e. drumhero.com is NOT a wesbite that actually talks about the game drumhero) I'm pretty sure the holder of the trademark can not sue the url owner.
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    The sad thing is that any "Drum Hero" game would just be a full band title that focuses more on songs with fancy drum work.

    Thus further confusing the "Hero" fanbase. #activision
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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I think it's more of a cock block than anything. Although I love playing Rock Band drums so much (I play most songs on expert, have the 3 cymbal expansion kit, and once it finally breaks I'm getting the fucking Ion) this could be appealing for me. #activision
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    Maybe they meant "Dumb Hero" and it was a typo.

    Now that the obvious lame joke is out of the way, Dumb Hero sounds like a good name for a parody jrpg. #activision
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    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I'm calling it, next is Microphone/Singer Hero. #activision
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    Image of Shinta Shinta
    11/08/09

    @DigitalHero: Your name just made the post. #activision
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    DigitalHero promoted this comment Shinta was starred Shinta was unstarred
    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    11/08/09

    @Shinta:
    That is unfortunate. =P #activision
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    What we don't know is that this is actually a historical simulation. The sequel will obviously be Fife Hero.
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    Edited by Michael Dukakis at 11/08/09 4:37 PM Michael Dukakis was starred Michael Dukakis was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!: I'm waiting for Lute Hero to get my tights on.. #activision
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I'd like to think that this is just trademark protection. I don't think Activision is dumb enough to release a drum only game.

    They've proven me wrong before, though. #activision
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    Image of Bouchart Bouchart
    11/08/09

    @spiderweb1986: The question is not whether Activision is dumb enough to make a drum only game. The question is whether Activision thinks the public is dumb enough to buy a drum only game.

    That having been said, I doubt it actually is trademark protection. #activision
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Activision Files Trademark for 'Drum Hero' — Didn't This Happen Already?
    I might just start trademarking some random instrument-hero based shit.

    See if Activision will buy it from me #activision
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    11/08/09

    @Muzzled: More likely they will sue you for trademark infringement, then mug your grandmother. #activision
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    Image of PoweredByHentai PoweredByHentai
    11/08/09

    @Muzzled: Get them to license it from you. That way, you'll have an infinite stream of royalty money that flows into your bank account. #activision
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    11/08/09

    @Muzzled: Keytar Hero #activision
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    Following the traumatic journey of a war veteran as he decides if he's willing to let it all go and go through the hell of battle once more for what some may say is only a medal...- in Prestige Mode.
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    So... just another war movie?
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    Image of Steed123 Steed123
    10/05/09

    @gunluva is prepared to drop.:

    I thought that at first, but it could turn into quite a cool SAS film if they did it properly - there are some good moments in that game.

    Still, a decent non-game based war film would probably be better.
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    10/05/09

    @Steed123:

    There had better be a Captain Price in a CoD movie.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Is A Call Of Duty Movie Really Happening?
    OMG they already shot 2 minutes of the movie and it got leaked!
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