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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/30/iron-maiden-sue-video-game-developers-for-2m-over-ion-maiden-game
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That said, some of this is pathetic like: "It also argues the game is similar to Iron Maiden’s own game Legacy of the Beast" -> they're fuck-all alike. Whoever argued that point in the lawsuit, has obviously never played either or even compared a single shot of the games side by side.
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Imagine somebody made a camera app named eyePhone, you bet apple will have a thing or two to say about that..
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden
So who cares if it sounds similar - it's not theirs to control to begin with. Trademarking such stuff is ridiculous.
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Rod Smallwood is probably doing this. But even if that is true the band
themselves would never say so. Historically, what ever Rod says goes.
My questions is why this game and not a tribute band that goes by the name
"Iron Maidens"?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com,_Inc.
just saying...
Afaik the only known case where a trademark was denied / rewoked on the ground that is was just too common was intel being told to stop trademarking numbers ( 8086,286,386,486 ) which is why the 586 chip was named pentium. Though the explantion of the pentium math bug resulting in 486+100 crashing the chip is a funnier explanation
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I'd immagine that they got permission from the band and reached some sort of agreement like always spelling the name of the cover band with the female symbol in place of the o in iron.
Typically these cases are about avoiding diluting the brand and/or causing confusion about affiliation ( effectively leeching of a more popular brand to peddle your wares )
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Joking aside, as many have noted they seem to have an very flimsy case for 'trademark infringement'. I do wonder though, if the makers of the 'Powerslave' FPS back in 1996 got into any trouble with Iron Maiden. Funnily enough that was a build engine game as well.
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... or 'EA Sports Madden 2018' for that matter.