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'Suspect' Langdell's EA injunction rejected, may face 'criminal penalties'

Edging his bets

'Suspect' Langdell's EA injunction rejected, may face 'criminal penalties'
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Tim Langdell, the so-called “trademark troll” who has used his ownership of the word ‘Edge’ in a video game context to launch legal actions against game-related products that use the contested ‘Edge’ moniker, has had his injunction against EA denied in court.

After Langdell filed for litigation against Electronic Arts and its use of the word in free-running PC, console, and iPhone game Mirror’s Edge, EA turned around and requested the court throw the case out.

And the court agreed - it believes that Langdell has made fraudulent statement to the US Patent and Trademark Office (he might have been overstating his current commercial presence in the games industry - i.e., none), and the judge called the trademark holder “suspect”, and said he has been “trolling” the games industry for licensing opportunities.

His actions could warrant “criminal penalties”, the court said.

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Mark Brown
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Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer