Tim Langdell’s released a lengthy statement – including e-mails between himself and Mobigame – presenting his version of events in his efforts to protect the trademark “Edge,” and defending himself against the portrayal of his actions by the gaming press.
https://kotaku.com/trademark-troll-gets-mobigames-edge-taken-down-5273141
We’ve written four stories on Langdell, and sought comment without luck multiple times. The man is entitled to his say, and here it is. It’s a 13-point document, making the following assertions:
• Edge never demanded money from Mobigame
• Mobigame proposed Edge give it money to use the mark “Edge”
• Edge has never acted as “trademark trolls”
• Edge acted well in the “EDGY” matter [this was the proposal to rename EDGE as EDGY]
• Mobigame has only pretended to want to change the name of its game
• Mobigame has persistently demanded Edge give up its rights to the mark “Edge”
• Mobigame has lied so as to defame Edge and its CEO Tim Langdell
• Mobigame deliberately selected EDGE as the name of its game in 2008
• How many games we have produced in the past 5 years
• Insight into the “Mirrors (by) Edge” matter
• Details of our game credits system
• “Edge of Twilight” [the matter concerning Langdell’s filing of that mark this year, the name of a game under development by Fuzzyeyes since 2007].
• False accusations against Edge
One thing, as Kotaku is mentioned in the “Edge of Twilight” portion of this statement. Fuzzyeyes’ CEO did in fact release a statement on July 23 (nearly two weeks after the story ran) saying any potential disputes between them had been amicably resolved. I have updated the July 11 story to reflect the statement of Fuzzyeyes’ CEO.
http://kotaku.com/5312534/trademark-troll-is-at-it-again
Public Statement Regarding Mobigame [The EDGE Studios]
