Half life 3 trademark was registered 2 days ago

[mrhairspary]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=688589
http://oami.europa.eu/CTMOnline/RequestManager/en_Detail_NoReg#


I found this at a forum post and I think this is quite interesting....

What do you think guys?

 

[DevonWC]

Half-life 3 is a new valvepowered hat company

 

[Barnz]

It means nothing.

 

[-smash-]

Why not file with the US trademark office? What is the difference between filing date and registration date? Why now?

Probably a safeguard against trolls, kind of like how they've always owned www.half-life3.com, etc, for backup.

 

[TheWiktor]

 

[ríomhaire]

Why not file with the US trademark office? What is the difference between filing date and registration date? Why now?

Probably a safeguard against trolls, kind of like how they've always owned www.half-life3.com, etc, for backup.

I don't know much about trademarks but I think filing them is basically declaring an intent to use them within a certain amount of time (I have no idea what that length of time is) and if you don't there's penalties. Or at the very least you lose the trademark.

 

[MFL]

Whoop de doo, they might use Half Life 3 in the next five years or pay to file trademark again. Some might be surprised it's coming so soon.

Edit: That being said, ten years ago tomorrow Gabe stopped by to tell us about the leak. Who knows?

 

[Gemini]

 

[rikt]

I think this is overwhelmingly clear evidence that absolutely nothing is about to happen....

 

[Gemini]

Specifically, once registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the owner of a trademark is required to file a Section 8 Affidavit of Continuous Use to maintain the registration between the 5th and 6th year anniversaries of the registration of the mark or during the 6-month grace period following the 6th-year anniversary of the registration.[23] Note, if the Section 8 Affidavit is filed during the 6-month grace period additional fees to file the Affidavit with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will apply

Taken directly from wikipedia... I hope this is allowed to be posted here, and its actually not useless crap

 

[Omnomnick]

Please keep all future "discussion" in the front page thread. Thanks.​

http://www.valvetime.net/threads/rumor-european-half-life-3-trademark-filed.243962/