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It says that's their 3rd request for an extension, I wonder is there a limit on these kinda things? Unless companies have to do it all the time.

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It says that's their 3rd request for an extension, I wonder is there a limit on these kinda things? Unless companies have to do it all the time.

 

The trademark never becomes registered unless it is used in commerce, i.e. Rockstar releases an Agent product. The trademark is protected from registration by anyone else while an application is pending. There is a limit of five six-month extensions to keep a trademark application alive, which were all exhausted on their original trademark application filed in 2009. They simply re-applied in 2013, a month before the original application was deemed abandoned under the law due to three consecutive years of non-use of the Agent mark. If there is no statement of use, the current application will be deemed abandoned in December 2016.

 

This is costing Take-Two thousands of dollars a year in attorney and filing fees. Chump change to them, but they wouldn't spend it if they didn't want it. They can apparently repeat this process indefinitely, but every time their application expires, there is risk of permanently losing the trademark because the application date resets to the new filing date. Take-Two can no longer claim they've owned the trademark since 2009. If someone else applies to register the trademark and can show they began using it in commerce before Take-Two's current filing date in 2013, that someone would have a valid claim to be the original owner of the trademark — especially if Take-Two's current application is once again abandoned next year. It's use it or lose it.

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Dee-account-with-1kbans

At this point they should just f*cking say something. A tweet from R* that they're actually working on the game will be enough. This trademark updating crap is getting annoying to be honest.

Look what happened to The Last Guardian. It kept getting its trademark updated for years then BOOM an announcement! Lets just wait it out :)

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Spider-Vice

At least we know they extended the trademark this time and that they're probably legitimately there, as they put their logo on a business zone filled with press room doors.

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Frantz Fuchs

I wouldn't be surprised if the actually got that from here anyway. There's a lot of these bullsh*t sites (christian today, latino post and other crap) and surf this forum for news. They've been known to steal users' own created content too without giving credit to the forum or the user.

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universetwisters

So I assume it isn't a PS3 exclusive anymore?

 

E. It's a fake. It is, in fact, still PS3 exclusive.

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I have a gut feeling they announce something in October but they probably won't lol

I think since the PS3 is just about over It's gonna be on the PS4 now they were probably waiting for the install base to grow.

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Spaghetti Cat

Nothing is confirmed other than the name and the setting. At this rate we'll find that Malaysian Airliner before anything is released on this 'coming soon' game from R*.

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