Diablo and Blizzard General Trademark activity!
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard_Trademark_Activity_Diablo_3_Frostmorne_Darkmoon_Faire
There has recently been a lot of trademark activity over at blizzard. The trademarks include "Diablo", "Frostmorne" and "Darkmoon Faire". We can only hope the recent Diablo trademark activity is leading up to some kind of announcement. Each have to do with the following.
Diablo - "ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING ON-LINE COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES, ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPUTER GAMES; ARRANGING AND CONDUCTING COMPUTER GAME COMPETITIONS; 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"
Frostmorne - Replica weapons, namely swords and daggers; sword scabbards; sword belts
Darkmoon Faire - Computer game tournaments held on-line and in-game; providing news and information about computer games; entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games, and featuring tips and strategies for computer games; downloadable electronic publications, namely newsletters, magazines and catalogues in the field of video game entertainment
Diablo Trademark Info - http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78770575
Frostmorne Trademark info - http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77056209
Darkmoon Faire Trademark info - http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77094533
It's not funny
Does that mean that the trademark is nearly completed and ready to be shared? I don't know I'm confused.
Frostmourne and Darkmoon Faire are part of the Warcraft lore tho.
Frostmourne is the sword of Arthas, crafted by Ner'zhul (aka Lich King). Darkmoon Faire is a Faire that travels from Elwynn to Mulgore once every month and has some nice fun features. Since Frostmourne was filed i'm guessing of the next WoW expansion (prolly will have to do with Arthas his realm of Northrend. Cant wait for news about everything.
Just preventing others from using the name for those things I'd assume.
My main reasoning? and i quote: "Frostmorne - Replica weapons, namely swords and daggers; sword scabbards; sword belts"
Now i dont know about you blokes but that doesnt sound like something from starcraft. It sounds like...oh...DIABLO WEAPONS? IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW DIABLO TRADEMARK?!?!?! :D:D:D
Thing is that both Frostmourne (read the link and its written that way) and Darkmoon Faire (i know of my warcraft experience) are both parts of the Warcraft lore. Other than Diablo - that in my opinion is reason enough to be happy - there's no other trademark related to it. (of the 3 we got linked)
And its also certain thay we'll see something from Diablo sometime soon. This trademark looks like proof about it.