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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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#1 AcidReign
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 12:52 AM
#2 Lydeck
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 01:35 AM
#3 SteelVelocity
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 01:41 AM
--Steel :cool:
#4 AcidReign
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 01:42 AM
Sometime in March? Seems right. Well, that would fit. Once the Diablo trademark became final, they could now use it - at the WWI. If this is true, they seem awfully anxious to annouce this game...
#5 LarryNC
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:36 AM
AcidReign said:
Sometime in March? Seems right. Well, that would fit. Once the Diablo trademark became final, they could now use it - at the WWI. If this is true, they seem awfully anxious to annouce this game...
This is amazing. I guess they were waiting for it to be an official trademark before announcement... :D
Not even death can save you from me!!!!! :)
#6 gamma11
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:40 AM
gamma11 > east
#7 tkrow21
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:44 AM
gamma11 said:
You amuse me. I lubb you.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
#8 gamma11
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:45 AM
AlphaX said:
thx i gib lub back :D
gamma11 > east
#9 tkrow21
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:47 AM
Height - 40ft
Length - 9ft... wow?
Anyway, I have very high hopes, but I'm also scared if they screw it up. I really am.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
#10 LarryNC
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:56 AM
AlphaX said:
I've always thought that in the back of my mind... but every game I've played from Blizzard was just beyond amazing compared to it's competition. Diablo III shall be awesomeleetness. I also heard that they felt as if they rushed Diablo II even though they pushed it back... it has been a long time and they have had their time with Diablo III now.
Hell, even though Diablo II: Salvation was not released, they most likely took ideas from that! Also, I believe Frank Pierce said this.. but it said something like "Team 3 is making something totally awesome, I can't give any hints, but it's totally awesome."
Can anyone find that quote? :)
#11 tkrow21
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:04 AM
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
#12 gamma11
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:05 AM
gamma11 > east
#13 tkrow21
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:09 AM
gamma11 said:
Gamingsteve is not a reliable source.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
#14 MijnWraak
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:53 AM
AlphaX said:
That is a generally accepted "rumor" that the Blizzard North team made a crap, non-fun diablo 3 before it was transfered to Blizzard HQ, and scrapped it.
Dimebog said:
#15 LarryNC
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 04:34 AM
MijnWraak said:
I believe that is a good rumor . I heard somewhere that Blizzard North was making Diablo II: Salvation, and starting Diablo III. Could be a true! :)
#16 cyks
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 04:37 AM
Lets just hope that this second expansion to WOW is the final. It is just unlikely that Blizzard will release D3 with WOW crapping out new content every year.
WOW was announced late '01, and released late in '04. The first expansion was announced late in '05 (1st blizzcon) and released early '07. The second was announced late '07 and might end up like the first being released early '09 (Guess).
If all goes smoothly with the latter model we might hear something late '09.
Both former models point to this year.
O well! who knows? .... Definitely not all the people that keep sending me PMs with their "Inside information" that is for sure...
#17 KaNwaR
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 05:25 AM
#18 Soul
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 06:30 AM
KaNwaR said:
agreed, but at least we would know they are OFFICIALLY revisiting the Diablo universe!
#19 Milaan
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 08:21 AM
Soul said:
yeah that would satisfy us a little bit. it cant get worse than so far.
also we can look forward to new trailers, informations and maybe a beta test and stuff like that when they announce it :)
#20 Christ
Diablo Fan
Posted 16 April 2008 - 10:33 AM
also we can look forward to new trailers, informations and maybe a beta test and stuff like that when they announce it :)[/quote]
That's what I'm waiting for :) just looking at those teasers again and again and again...... and again!!