Question about the legal supporter badge.

[paul]

Whats its purpose? Was edgegamers sued or somthing?

 

[b t]

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away some goof tried to sue eGO over the name EdgeGamers, if I remember correctly. I was not around. In fact, most of the active people now were not around. Some people donated to eGO to support the legal troubles of this. They received a ribbon for their contributions.

I am sure someone has a better explanation (i.e. Artimus )

 

[Luna]

Guy was a troll, went around filing lawsuits because he had a trademark on the word "Edge". After way too many lawsuits a court threw out his trademark since all he used it for was filing lawsuits and it wasn't actually being used to protect any trade names.

At one point he sued us. Some of the execs have the finer details of it.

 

[DeerFat]

I don't know how much of this is true or not but it was copied from a gaming news website.

Spoiler: EA Sports It's in The Game

Tim Langdell, infamous trademark troll and general nuisance of any game, magazine, or developer that uses the 'term Edge' in a video game context has finally been stripped of his trademarks.

Following a request from publisher EA to cancel Langdell's trademarks - due to fraudulent behavior in the patent system - the court has officially requested that the US trademark commissioner remove the trademarked words from Edge Games's ownership.

Those include 'Edge', 'The Edge', 'Cutting Edge', 'Gamer's Edge', and 'EdgeGamers'.

How did he act fraudulently? Well, to prove that he’s still using the trademarks in a meaningful and commercial fashion, Langdell showed the USPTO examples of recent comics and games that bear the moniker. Unfortunately, they were all fake, doctored, or had their dates tinkered with.

Now, his time of judicial spats is over. He no longer holds the rights to the words, and could even face criminal charges for his activity in the Patent Office. The only bright side for Langdell is that he doesn’t have to shell out for EA’s court costs.

 

[Artimus]

Tim Langdell is a turd. He's still a torn in our side that requires money to be spent occasionally on legal help. We had a fund drive for this specific purpose many years ago, and gave out a ribbon for those that donated specifically for that purpose.

 

[paul]

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away some goof tried to sue eGO over the name EdgeGamers, if I remember correctly. I was not around. In fact, most of the active people now were not around. Some people donated to eGO to support the legal troubles of this. They received a ribbon for their contributions.

I am sure someone has a better explanation (i.e. Artimus )

do you know exactly how long ago? i like having every little detail

 

[Simon]

do you know exactly how long ago? i like having every little detail

If you search "Legal fund", lots of content if you go back to 2011

https://www.edgegamers.com/threads/180805/
https://www.edgegamers.com/threads/182228

Fun fact; eGO originally had 3 domains, one per division (DoD:S, CS:S, TF2)

 

[paul]

2011? didnt know edgegamers was even that old!

 

[Simon]

2011? didnt know edgegamers was even that old!

They kicked off in 2006. I've been lucky to be around since 2010. There's a handful of real OG's from the beginning with us still!

 

[paul]

edgegamers has got a long history

 

[Artimus]

Thanks for the research Simon

 

[Simon]

Thanks for the research Simon

Just preparing for my historical eGO book I’ll write one day