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Edge Games Crashes in Trademark Suit Against Electronic Arts

For several years, Edge Games has been claiming broad rights in the word "EDGE" in connection with video games, but its aggressiveness took it right over the edge when it sued Electronic Arts for trademark infringement, claiming that EA's use of the mark "MIRROR'S EDGE" for video games infringed its rights. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California soundly denied Edge's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that all of Edge's "representations regarding the validity and use of the asserted marks are infected by evidence of deceit." Edge Games, Inc. v. Electronics Art, Inc., Civil Action No. c10-02614 WHA (N.D. Cal. October 1, 2010).Electronic Arts launched a "no-holds-barred attack on the validity of each of plaintiff's pleaded marks and the credibility of Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on October 13, 2010 (boomark / email).