![]() is open to a period of opposition, which in the case of The Banner Saga was extended to December 29 - King's claim was enetered just before the deadline. Stoic's debut game, The Banner Saga: Chapter 1, was released just over a week ago, and King's lawyers have argued that its title shares a little too much common ground with the studio's catalogue of "Saga" games, which dates from 2011 and includes both Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga.Īccording to a document filed on December 27 last year, King believes it will be "damaged" by Stoic's "The Banner Saga" trademark, which it applied for in July, 2013. ORIGINAL STORY: King has filed a trademark claim against Stoic over the common use of the word "Saga" in the titles of their key products. Volseons is a turn-based strategy RPG with a rich and vast story, comprised of six epic chapters of intricate plots, lots of monsters to fight and a handful of characters to play. All of these titles have already faced substantive trademark and copyright issues with clones." Check out games like The Banner Saga 2, Fallen: A2P Protocol, Void Eclipse, The Banner Saga 3, Valkyria Chronicles, Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows and more. THE BANNER SAGA CHAPTERS SERIESThis is an important issue for King because we already have a series of games where “Saga” is key to the brand which our players associate with a King game Candy Crush Saga, Bubble Witch Saga, Pet Rescue Saga, Farm Heroes Saga and so on. If we had not opposed Banner Saga's trade mark application, it would be much easier for real copy cats to argue that their use of “Saga” was legitimate. "In this case, that means preserving our ability to enforce our rights in cases where other developers may try to use the Saga mark in a way which infringes our IP rights and causes player confusion. However, like any prudent company, we need to take all appropriate steps to protect our IP, both now and in the future. We do not have any concerns that Banner Saga is trying build on our brand or our content. "King has not and is not trying to stop Banner Saga from using its name. ![]() ![]() UPDATE: A King spokesperson has issued a response to the apparent trademark dispute over Stoic's The Banner Saga. ![]()
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