Patent troll Tim Langdell -- a man who has made a career out of trying to sue companies who use the word "edge" -- was beaten by Electronic Arts after a short legal battle. The court declared that not only did EA have the rights to the name Mirror's Edge, but that Langdell's business practices could warrant further criminal charges.
Langdell has been accused by the court of making fraudulent claims to the US Patent and Trademark Office. He was also declared "suspect" and reprimanded for "trolling" videogame companies. He could be forced to incur criminal penalties for his parasitic behavior if this goes further.
Langdell founded Edge Games in 1990, and the company hasn't released a game since 1994. Instead, Langdell has sued any other game maker who dares to use the word "Edge" in its products, as well as Marvel entertainment and various tech companies. It's not known if he's ever tried to sue U2's lead guitarist.
Electronic Arts has said that it's "pleased" with the court's decision. As you'd expect.
EA Victorious as Court Denies Injunction Against Publisher for 'Edge' Trademark [Industry Gamers]
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8:40 AM on 10.05.2010 | 
Fuckin' A.
also, this made my day - It's not known if he's ever tried to sue U2's lead guitarist.
However I am very concerned about Edge Of Twilight. Not because of this moron, although this story did remind me about it. It's been so long since we've heard anything about the game and there were rumours that it was cancelled. I really hope not, I thought it looked incredibly promising.
*glasses*
lost his edge
And lol @zen17h :D
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But yeah, great news. Langdell had this coming sooner or later, and it's such a shame it's taken this long. I suppose all we can hope for is EDGE Magazine, Mobigames and EA (Possibly others?) to join forces and just take him down.
Come at me bro
I'm coming at you, bro, I'm coming at you!
So I guess 'trolling' is a legal term now, and something you can get sued for. Best start using proxies from now on I guess.
This guy is a douche!
They're more referring to the old fable of the troll living under a bridge who would declare a fee to be paid in order to be allowed passage across the bridge. The troll had nothing to do with the bridge, apart from merely claiming something to be his that was, actually, belonging to everyone and thus nobody at all.
@zen17h
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@Zen17h - lulz all over everything!!! That was brilliant!!
Patent and trademark trolling is one thing. Manufacturing evidence to support your trademark is something entirely different.
@Lenigod: the point being he has all these titles he says are being sold, but have you ever seen them in any retail outlets?
Thanks go to EA for actually taking this one on. Obviously they did it mostly for themselves, but this helps a lot of other folks too.
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...where's Mirror's Edge 2 by the way?
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Did the courts really use the word 'trolling?' Langdell, you trooooolin'!