Valve, Blizzard settle Dota trademark dispute

[Vingador]

+rep for you, VALVᴱ

[Xune]

Originally Posted by Nixx4u

because Playstation all-stars is the same as Blizzard all-stars

Because Scrolls is the same as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...

Lawyers, huh, good god y'all, what are they good for?

[scubs]

credit to blizzard for not forcing Valve to change the name.. i think if they really wanted to they could of because Valve basically took what wasn't theirs to begin with.

[GirlPower23]

Originally Posted by scubs

credit to blizzard for not forcing Valve to change the name.. i think if they really wanted to they could of because Valve basically took what wasn't theirs to begin with.

Blizzard couldn't force anything, it wasn't their's to enforce. All this would of turned out to be is a massive lawyer battle and a ton of money flying around over trivial matters. Secondly the Dota name can be used in Non-Commercial use anyway.. thus the community still can use the name. It's funny how people get jarateed off over this and yet let Riot Trademark DotA-Allstars without a single peep.. funny.. and hypocrisy.

[Simian_]

Originally Posted by prmaguiar

"Blizzard DOTA" now becomes "Blizzard All-Stars".

Originally Posted by Levi

Nah, now Blizzard has to sue Sony for Playstation All-stars.

Not if Nintendo first sues them both for infringing on Super Mario All Stars.

[mule001]

Blizzard all-stars sounds better than Blizzard Dota.

[kirknetic]

Originally Posted by enkfayeh

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/bl...ota-is-now-bl/

"Blizzard All-Stars doesn't have a release date yet, while DOTA 2 is due out next year."

2013? o.o

There are still a lot of heroes to add to the game, a lot. And considering that the game is already very playable in it's current state. That 1 year will pass like nothing.

[WardDragon]

Originally Posted by scubs

credit to blizzard for not forcing Valve to change the name.. i think if they really wanted to they could of because Valve basically took what wasn't theirs to begin with.

Blizzard never objected to Valve making Dota 2 as far as I remember. Blizzard only objected once Valve submitted the trademark application because then technically Blizzard might get into legal trouble for promoting Dota mods on Bnet or including Dota mods in official tournaments. Valve agreed not to take any legal action for that, so now everybody's happy :P

Originally Posted by mule001

Blizzard all-stars sounds better than Blizzard Dota.

I agree Blizzard All-Stars sounds better, and it's easier to tell what the game is about for people who aren't already familiar with what Dota is.