블리자드가 법원에 벨브의 도타 상표 등록 반대를 신청하는 서류를 제출하였다고 합니다.
다들 아시다시피 현재 벨브는 도타2를 제작하고 있고 블리자드는 블리자드 도타를 제작하고 있는데요,
그동안은 벨브가 도타라는 이름을 사용하는걸 수수방관해오던 블리자드였지만
이번에 드디어 칼을 빼들었네요.
블리자드는 제출한 서류에 다음과 같은 입장을 표명하였습니다:
"Valve Corporation has never used the mark Dota in connection with any
product or service that currently is available to the public. By
attempting to register the mark Dota, Valve seeks to appropriate the
more than seven years of goodwill that Blizzard has developed in the
mark Dota and in its Warcraft III computer game and take for itself a
name that has come to signify the product of years of time and energy
expended by Blizzard and by fans of Warcraft III."
"It is well-known and understood among players of the DotA Mods that the
DOTA Marks refer to Blizzard's well-known characters 'the Ancients."
"Valve has never released, distributed, or sold any products using the
mark Dota, or, for that matter, any of the Dota Marks. Valve did not
coin the Dota mark and has never participated in the creation of the
Dota Mods. Indeed, Valve has never released, distributed, or sold any
products using any title that might conceivably be shortened to the
acronym Dota. If Valve is granted registration of the Dota mark, it
would obtain a prima facie exclusive right to use of its mark that would
cause damage and injury to Blizzard."
블리자드 도타 그리고 벨브의 도타2 둘 다 아직 출시일이 발표되지 않은 상태인데 이번 일이 양쪽 프로젝트 일정에 어떻게든 영향을 미칠듯 싶네요...
블리자드 vs 벨브라... 둘다 만만치 않은 회사들인데 어떻게 결과가 날지 궁금하네요..