Mythic Sues Microsoft Over Mythica MMORPG

An anonymous reader writes "Mythic Entertainment, developers of PC MMO videogame Dark Age of Camelot, has filed suit against Microsoft, arguing that Microsoft's upcoming MMORPG Mythica is too similar in name and content (it 'also employs Norse images and mythology') to its own name and flagship title. Maybe if game developers could dream up a genre other than fantasy, problems like this would be averted..."

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Re:It's about time Microsoft gets a little of it's

[Squidgee]

Lindows was an OK suit; Lindows was obviously infringing on MS's trademark, and they deserved to have the sued out of tyhem by MS.

I'm sorry, but Linux was in the wrong that time; MS was in the right.

Not much to add here, except that Microsoft...

[LenE]

doesn't own Myth anymore.

I thought exactly the same as you when I read this at first, except that Bungie divested itself of the Myth "franchise", a less than brilliant move that seemed to be part of the acquisition deal when they were kidnapped by Microsoft.

Actually, I remember vividly that all copies of Myth II for all platforms were recalled by Microsoft within hours of the acquisition. It took several months to locate a store that still had the Loki published Linux version of Myth II, and to this day, you can still no longer purchase a Windows or Mac version of Myth II. Myth III was released by someone else.

Bungie is not referred to on that page about Mythica, so it will be interesting to see how this turns out.

-- Len

Re:It's about time Microsoft gets a little of it's

[blunte]

But the bigger argument about Lindows vs. Windows is that Windows shouldn't have been given trademark. That would be like Ford trademarking "Car".

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Ford Motor Company has just released Car v4.8. In other news, Ford sues General Motors for releasing a new compact "car".

MS should lose the trademark on the Windows name. Lindows may indeed be playing off the Windows name, but the windows name is far too generic. Many operating systems have for 20 years used "windows" as a primary feature of their graphical interfaces.