Take-Two accuses Remedy of using infringing Rockstar trademarks while developing Alan Wake 2

Remedy developer announced a new logo last year, canceling the bullet pattern in the letter R in the original logo. According to officials, the original logo represented the "Max Payne" game era, but now Remedy has many game works, and the new logo better represents works such as "Control" and "Alan Killer".

However, this logo change attracted opposition from the gaming giant Take-Two Interactive, which filed a lawsuit against Remedy in the UK in September 2023. filed an objection to the new logo trademark, claiming that the symbol infringed on the logo of its subsidiary Rockstar Games (Rockstar, the developer of the "GTA" series).

As you can see from the picture, except for the deformation of the R letter, the logos of the two companies have few similarities in other places. .

Ironically,

Remedy is currently co-developing the remakes of the first two "Max Payne" films with Rockstar. The games are available on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S platforms. All we can say is "Do not delegate the actions of the parent company to its subsidiaries."

Take-Two publisher's legal team has taken aggressive action on trademark protection, recently filing a trademark claim against Hazelight Studios, the developer of the hit game It Takes Two. This move demonstrates the seriousness they take in brand protection and demonstrates that they will take necessary legal action to safeguard their intellectual property rights. This radical approach may be controversial, but it also reflects the importance of intellectual property protection in the gaming industry.

The English name of "It Takes Two" is "It Takes Two". Rockstar parent company Take-Two believes that

"It Takes Two" uses a variation of "Take Two" in the game name "takes two"

. As previously reported by IT House, Hazelight has been forced to give up ownership of the name.

Take-Two has also supplied products to a clothing brand called Max Fayne, a Florida-based Rockstar Ax Throwing ax company, and a book called Think Like a Rockstar's music book claims.

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