Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled

Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled

October 9, 2009

The developer of an iPhone game targeted for its use of the term “Edge” by extreme-litigant and Edge Games CEO Tim Langdell believes that Langdell’s lawyers “have fled.”

Mobigame head David Papazian told EuroGamer that Langdell “has absolutely no legal grounds” for his trademark infringement claim and that Langdell never actually sued Mobigames for past sales.

The Mobigame in question, Edge, has been republished on the Apple Store, under a slightly new name—Edge by Mobigame.

Electronic Arts filed suit against Langdell and Edge Games over the latter’s trademarks, an event Papazian termed “amazing.”

In a further twist, Papazian also accuses Langdell of infringing on a Graeme Devine (former id Software developer and ex-chairman of the IGDA, now an Apple employee) copyright, for an Edge Game iPhone title called Firebirds. Firebirds is a copyright owned by Devine claims Papazian, who also charges Langdell with stealing art for the game off of Deviant Art.

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Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez García - October 9, 2009 at 10:42 am -0500

Sweeeet!

They will look up and shout "Give ROFLCOPTERS to us"... and I´ll whisper "NO". The cynical side of videogames (spanish only): http://thelostlevel.blogspot.com/ My DeviantArt Page (aka DeviantCensorship): http://www.darkknightstrikes.deviantart.com

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by Austin_Lewis - October 9, 2009 at 10:54 am -0500

His lawyers have... fled?  WOW.  I can't recall having heard of that in quite a while....

Hilarious.

Glad to see the troll getting a foot up his ass. Legally speaking, of course. 

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by DarkSaber - October 9, 2009 at 10:57 am -0500

Someone give him Jack Thompsons number! :P

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Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by JDKJ - October 9, 2009 at 11:02 am -0500

Escapist reported that Thompson and Langdell met and discussed the possibility of Thompson serving as counsel. I still haven't figured out if it was a joke story a la The Onion or if it was for real. When two crazy people are invovled, I'm not quick to rule out any possibility. 

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by Zerodash - October 9, 2009 at 11:08 am -0500

Anything to hasten his destiny- to rot in jail.

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez García - October 9, 2009 at 11:51 am -0500

That would be a fantastic crossover! The only result would be: LULZ and FAIL.

They will look up and shout "Give ROFLCOPTERS to us"... and I´ll whisper "NO". The cynical side of videogames (spanish only): http://thelostlevel.blogspot.com/ My DeviantArt Page (aka DeviantCensorship): http://www.darkknightstrikes.deviantart.com

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by hellfire7885 - October 9, 2009 at 11:15 am -0500

Oh please, if that happened Thomspon would keep trying to come up with reasons for Langdell to sue Take Two.

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by killatia - October 9, 2009 at 11:27 am -0500

Thank god for the all mighty anti troll spray! I wonder if Batman made it?

http://www.magicinkgaming.com/

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by DarkSaber - October 9, 2009 at 11:30 am -0500

In that case it would be Bat-Anti Troll Spray.

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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by Kincyr - October 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm -0500

no, it would be Troll-Repellent Bat-Spray.

岩「…Where do masochists go when they die?」

Re: Mobigame Chief: Langdell’s Lawyers Have Fled
Submitted by vellocet - October 13, 2009 at 11:25 am -0500

All it took was EA to flex a little legal muscle.

Langdell took on the wrong company. 

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