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Half-Life 3 Trademark Filed In Europe

Posted by Soulskill on from the break-out-your-jump-to-conclusions-playmat dept.

jones_supa writes "A trademark application for Half-Life 3, possibly the next entry in Valve's excruciatingly dormant Half-Life franchise, has been filed in Europe, according to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, the European Union's trademark and designs registry. The OHIM's database lists the Half-Life 3 trademark as owned by Valve Corporation, and filed on its behalf by Casalonga & Associés, a patent and trademark firm. The trademark covers 'computer game software,' 'downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices' and other goods and services. The application was filed on Sept. 29. There is no equivalent trademark on record at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."

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  1. I sure hope this means... by SgtXaos · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...that HL3 is actually possible!

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    -- Don't call me "Sir," I increase entropy for a living!
    1. Re:I sure hope this means... by sd4f · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think HL3 might be used to launch steamOS, just like HL2 launched steam. Whether it will be exclusive to steamOS (like HL2 required steam), i have my doubts.

    2. Re:I sure hope this means... by jwsarvey · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I believe that in IP law the trademark needs to actually be used sometime in the near future for it to be defensible. You can't just trademark a bunch of things for shits and giggles with no intention to use them. If you could, Valve would have trademarked HL3 a long time ago.

    3. Re:I sure hope this means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Dude, please just shut the fuck up. You're a total fucking retard. The vast majority of patents are not "obsolete" at all at the time of their expiration. What's obsolete is fucking assholes like you trying to wedge your hate for IP into every conversation even if it doesn't fit.

  2. Re:First Duke Nukem Forever, now this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's always GNU\Hurd

  3. Re:Half-Life 3 guranteed within 1-2 years by sharklasers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm the parent poster and I'm one of them. I was a kid when HL1 was release and in Uni by HL2. Now I've got a job, family and less of an interest in gaming than I used to. The time-frame for when the franchise might have mattered has passed a lot of us now.

  4. Bryan Cranston is now available by Immerial · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's why Half-Life 3 can be produced now ;)