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
* A weekly publication of the USPTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office. Which:
* Once a trademark application has been examined by a USPTO examining attorney and is found to be entitled to registration, it is published in the Official Gazette of the USPTO. In addition:
* The Official Gazette provides anyone who believes they would be damaged by the registration of your published mark an opportunity to challenge your proposed registration. Plus:
* Once the trademark has been published in the Official Gazette, anyone who believes that your use of the mark might damage him or her has 30 days in which to file an opposition to your registration. If such an opposition is made, you will be informed and then you must fight it or abandon your trademark. Finally:
* If no oppositions are filed, or if any opposition is successfully overcome, the application will proceed to registration.
It's kind of hard to do it on 56k lol