Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two, has filed trademark dispute against Remedy's new logo, which was unveiled to the public back in April of 2023.

Take-Two opened an opposition dispute for Remedy's new logo starting on September 12th, 2023. Even though the Remedy logo was unveiled on April of 2023, the logo itself didn't get filed as a trademark until May of 2023, almost a month later, and while the two logos from Rockstar and Remedy are quite different in design, the one thing that both logos share between is a stylized letter "R", though it still remains to be seen whether this could hold up when the dispute is properly reviewed.

This isn't Take-Two's first outing in a legal battle, as they have been quite active in the legal front, filing for a trademark claim against the popular and Game of the Year winner "It Takes Two" due to the similarities between the game's name and the company's, and some time ago they also sued the developers behind the GTA reverse engineering projects, known formely as "re3" and "reVC".

The dispute currently remains in an "opposition" state, with the period for the opposition ebeing xtended as of August 8th, 2023 up to September of 2023, and as of today there's still no public ruling from the case.

Trademark Dispute #1
Trademark Dispute #2

 

[Alato]

And they tried to sue the developers of "It Takes Two"?

I gotta wonder if Rockstar just allocates a heap of money to their legal department and they have to find ways to blow it.

 

[Foxi4]

The unfortunate part of trademark disputes is that once you are granted a trademark, you are *required* to defend it. However dissimilar the two logos may be, both companies are in the video game business and both companies have a logo that prominently features the letter “R”. It may seem trivial, and it probably is trivial, but it is prudent, legally speaking, to file an opposition to demonstrate that you are actually making an effort to prevent brand confusion. Stupid, yes, but there’s often very little wiggle room - failing to adequately protect your trademark may have the consequence of losing it altogether. The logos of Apple Computers and Apple Corps were also dissimilar (one was a drawing of an apple, one was an actual photo of an apple) and it was still litigated, *especially* after Apple Computers entered the music distribution business, in violation of their previous settlement. There is potential for brand confusion, however infinitesimally small, when two businesses with similar logos operate within the same industry. You generally want to avoid that.

 

[shaunj66]

Ridiculous

Careful. That capital r could land us in hot water with Take Two.

 

[smilodon]

R

What are you gonna do now, sue me?

 

[AdenTheThird]

What's a pirate's favorite letter?




It not be 'R'... me first love be the 'C'!

Since we're apparently having an entire fucking conversation around the letter R I figured I'd lend my relevant contribution as well.

 

[Daggot]

They don't own the letter R this is ridiculous.

 

[BigOnYa]

Double R, Oh Ooh!

 

[Marc_LFD]

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Double R, Oh Ooh!

Rolex better watch out or Rockstar will sue them.

 

[HellGhast]

I gotta wonder if Rockstar just allocates a heap of money to their legal department and they have to find ways to blow it.

That is exactly how large corporations operate, they set up multi million dollars 'War Kitty' fund for their legal department for both defensive and offensive lawsuits.

 

[The Catboy]

R
Come at me!

 

[Noctosphere]

Ridiculous

That that back, or you will get a copyright-strike for using a word starting with a R

But for real, did they trademark the letter R or what? Because that's all i see in common between these two logo, the letter R...

 

[DSoryu]

Okay this just confirms to me that the lawyers working at Take Two are plain stupid and a bunch of ***holes.

 

[Darth Meteos]

Ridiculous

Ah, that word begins with a capital R. Did you think you could get away with infringing on Rockstar's trademark?
EDIT: damn i scanned the first page and saw nobody made the joke, but then on page 2 everyone's a comedian
rip

 

[chrisrlink]

watch crooked take 2 bribe their way to a vertic in their favor i bet they already have their favorite judge lined up too

 

[BigOnYa]

Take Two be like:

 

[Xzi]

R they stupid?

 

[jomaper]

fellas is it illegal to use the letter R?

 

[ShadowOne333]

fellas is it illegal to use the letter R?

You just committed two inf(-snip-)actions of the fo(-snip-)bidden lette(-snip-).

You(-snip-) fee ticket will a(-snip-snip-)ive at you(-snip-) add(-snip-)ess tomo(-snip-snip-)ow mo(-snip-)ning .

 

[ombus]

they gonna lose and will have to cut devs numbers so gta 6 delayed

 

[orangy57]

That is being a little too sue happy there! Surprised they have not sued the Rockstar energy drink also.

IIRC you can't sue a company over their trademark if they're in a distinctly different market to your company but I wouldn't be surprised if Take 2 already tried