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The uncertainty surrounding IGF Mobile darling and Apple favorite Edge continues. Developer Mobigame‘s trademark woes thought to be behind them, the game was rereleased on the App Store with additional content on June 18th.
However, following a seemingly playful Twitter post late last week, FingerGaming has learned that Mobigame has been served with a draft complaint from an attorney representing IGDA board member Tim Langdell and Edge Games.
“[It] says, again, that he has the trademark ‘Edge’ in the United States,” Mobigame’s David Papazian told us. “And that we copied his game Bobby Bearing — a Marble Madness clone — and that we admitted that. Unbelievable. I did not know Tim or Bobby Bearing before, of course.”
This comes on the heels of what appears to have been a very busy spring for Langdell, having filed the trademarks Mirror’s Spore, Soulspore and Edge of Twilight in the United Kingdom.
The Edge of Twilight filing is particularly curious as it shares the name of Australian developer Fuzzyeyes’ steampunk action-adventure, revealed in August of 2007, with SouthPeak having announced their intentions to publish the game last March. SouthPeak was unavailable for comment.
On July 8th, FingerGaming was contacted by a second indie iPhone developer after having been served with a cease and desist by Langdell.
Originally looking for counsel, the developer has elected to remain anonymous and will not open a dialog with Langdell or Edge Games at the behest of the unlikeliest of allies — mega-publisher Electronic Arts, who we’re told has been approached by Langdell about the similarities between Mirror’s Edge and Edge Games’ Mirrors, the presentation of which you can find on Edge Games’ homepage.
Papazian has also been in contact with EA, along with Edge Magazine publisher Future, whom Langdell is said to have licensed the use of the “brand” Edge to. Both Edge and the aforementioned mystery game remain available in the App Store at the time of this writing.
Tim Langdell is the type of litigious person who makes me sick and wish I didn’t belong to the human species. This guy goes so far as to claim involvement with the movie “The Edge” (just go to the Edge Games website and you’ll see what I mean). Seriously Tim?!?! Why don’t you go out and actually make a good game versus suing others over the use of a name.
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