Mobile studio vows to end Tim Langdell’s 'EDGE' trademark trolling

Founded in 1979, Edge Games created software for microcomputers like the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, but has been better known for CEO Tim Langdell’s long history of asserting a trademark on the word “edge” in gaming. A LinkedIn post from Mobigame’s CEO suggests Langdell is resurfacing, and the studio says it will not back down.

“For more than 17 years, Mobigame has had to deal with Tim Langdell and Edge Games over the word EDGE,” writes Mobigame CEO David Papazian, who says the company intends to expose Langdell as a trademark troll and keep the fight public and documented. Mobigame’s 2009 dispute saw Langdell successfully request the removal of the critically acclaimed game Edge from the app store and demand a 25% cut, a claim unrelated to the game’s content.

That episode, along with challenges to Electronic Arts over Mirror’s Edge and other actions against Namco and the magazine EDGE, ended in 2010 when Langdell was forced to release several Edge-related trademarks, though his trademarking efforts continued.

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