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I decided to check up on Diablo's trademark, and I noticed something I new.
It seems the trademark was "Published for opposition in early 2007, February 13th to be exact.

This means that any competition to the name Diablo now has a chance to oppose the trademark for whatever reason.

WOW was released a year after the name was published for opposition, but that doesn't seem to be the case for Diablo 3.

If there is no successful opposition it will become an official registered trademark and finally ready to be put for sale.

For a refresher, this trademark includes rights for a movie title: "ENTERTAINMENT IN THE NATURE OF AN ONGOING TELEVISION PROGRAM IN THE FIELD OF CHARACTERS AND PLOTS BASED ON A VIDEO GAME; AND PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOTION PICTURES"; BUT it doesn't look like it will be titled "DIABLO II: SALVATION" as that trademark is now DEAD.

Read: DEAD, like Starcraft: Ghost! LOL (yes, that is officially dead Abandonment Date December 4, 2005)

I would also like to confirm Blizzard's plans on producing in-game communication software. Perhaps you head of this, but Battlechat - "Virtual network telecommunications services, namely, providing an interface for the electronic transmission of messages and data including voice, text, and message transmission" was filed at the USPTO on January 11, 2008

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
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the lead-up to games and movies are often just as exciting - if not more exciting than the actual things themselves.

Agreed. I mean how much fun have you had just speculating on this site? Ive had a blast! Let alone seeing new char models and new enemy models.....maybe an open beta! omfg so fucking excited

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
An open beta would be amazing.

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But this could mean that some chinese company could push a game in less then a year that was absolutely crap and have the trademark ?

They would need to jump through so many loops it is nearly impossible (And Blizzard would already be familiar with such a company because Blizzard marked Diablo and Diablo 2 LOD). This stage is really just another bureaucratic process that needs to be done for the US Patent Office to be able to successfully defend the mark in court if needed.

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
Quote from "Atrumentis" »
the lead-up to games and movies are often just as exciting - if not more exciting than the actual things themselves.

My favorite part about going to the movies is to see previews.

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
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My favorite part about going to the movies is to see previews.

Hopefully we will be watching previews for a Diablo movie someday!

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
If my calculations are correct, we have 72 days 'till June 28--- not including today.
72 days= 72 days x 24 hours per day x 60 minutes per hour x 60 seconds per minute
= 6,220,800 seconds until they officially announce Diablo III.

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
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If my calculations are correct, we have 72 days 'till June 28--- not including today.
72 days= 72 days x 24 hours per day x 60 minutes per hour x 60 seconds per minute
= 6,220,800 seconds until they officially announce Diablo III.
I remember doing this for Blizzcon '05 LOL.

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thanks for clearing that up
NP

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
Hey guys!!! Check out my new avatar!!!

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
Normal just means you follow the largest control group. LOL

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
o sweet so isn't this a big hint that they might be releasing Diablo3?

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Posted Apr 16, 2008
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Hopefully we will be watching previews for a Diablo movie someday!

I'll shoot in my pants the day that happens!

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I'll shoot in my pants the day that happens!

i do just thinking about it...;)

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
I agree that the lead-up to a game is usually just as exciting as the game itself - as long as it's well-covered and frequently updated, of course.

I remember before Diablo 2 came out that I would spend a lot of hours online (usually on diabloii.net) checking out unique items and such and getting more and more excited.

Years go by like nothing. I remember playing God of War back in 2005 and not being able to wait for the sequel, and 2 years went by just like that.

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
Like what the OP said, i just found something interesting look at the following 2 images

So what do you guys make of this?

I think good news

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
I guess so.

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
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So what do you guys make of this?

I think good news

That poses a very compelling argument to the people that believe the trademark to be a refresh of the other Diablo games.

It says that filing method is used for marks that have never been used yet, but we all know D1 and D2 have been used. This means that the trademark is for D3... otherwise it wouldn't get special precedence.

Good job man, nice find!

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
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That poses a very compelling argument to the people that believe the trademark to be a refresh of the other Diablo games.

It says that filing method is used for marks that have never been used yet, but we all know D1 and D2 have been used. This means that the trademark is for D3... otherwise it wouldn't get special precedence.

Good job man, nice find!

heh thanks, i also checked up on the Burning Crusade trademark activity, after intent to use, 4 months later (month and abit after release) they lodged a statement of use.

So could the next step be an actual release?

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
Where on earth did you find that document?

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
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Like what the OP said, i just found something interesting look at the following 2 images

So what do you guys make of this?

I think good news

thats pretty badass

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
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Also On homepage i found this under a COUNTDOWN section

"The number of days until half the web links to Diablo3.com. But why???

-=*14*=-
Okay wtF ?

im confused about ur post... show or gib link?

nvm found it

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Posted Apr 17, 2008
yea check this thread about that little box!

http://www.diablo3.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6932

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