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Rift: Planes of Telara: Palladium Books Sues Trion Worlds

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  • BoredmadBoredmad Member Posts: 43

    Originally posted by Illyssia



    Originally posted by Wraithone



    Originally posted by Boredmad

    As others have stated Palladium Books merely doesn't have a case. It isn't that they only have a thin case or a weak case to defend their actions against Trion Worlds, but that literally Palladium Books' lawsuit against Trion has as many holes in it as a screen door. Palladium Books are likely to come out of this on the losing side, which could destroy them and their trademark. This has already likely gone on longer than Palladium Books expected, which were likely hoping Trion would merely settle and boom instant cash, but no such luck. Trion's financial backing saw through Palladium Books lawsuit and it could end up costing Palladium Books dearly. Hope fans of the pen and paper RPG Rifts have some chance of seeing Palladium Books not get shut down by its own actions.

     

    Considering that even one of the mega corps behind Trion could purchase Pallladium out of pocket change, thats entirely possible at this point.  They have MASSIVE resources(money, legal personnel, and bought and paid for politicians) on their side.  Anyone should know by now, that in a corrupt system, its more about power  than who is right or wrong.

     

    Unlikely scenario. It all depends on Trion's game concept. If too similar to the stuff in Palladium's books then it might be curtains for Rift.

     

    Rift: Planes of Telara is a high fantasy MMORPG set in a fantasy setting (Telara) with elfs ext included. As far as I know Rifts(R) is a Sci Fi fantasy hyprid set on Earth after a massive invasion from other dimensions with from what I saw heavy mix of Sci Fi and fantasy themes. The only thing the two series have in common is rifts and interdimesion invasion concepts that are rather generic in the fantasy genre. Anyway the lawsuit Palladium Books issued against Trion is trademark infringement not copyright infringement. Its extremely shaky any court in the United States would likely rule in Trion Worlds' favor.

    Palladium Books actually opened up a can of worms it should of left closed. Trion's counter lawsuit of fraid in regards of Palladium Books actually owning the rights to trademark "Rifts" in games, which may actually of expired. Palladium Books used the N-Gage game Rifts Promise of Power to keep the trademark rights for Rifts video games, but they only trademarked in its title "Promise of Power". The courts usually rule in the favor of the owners of the IP trademark being disputed, but with Palladium Books' history its possible Trion Worlds could win this lawsuit and Palladium Books lose all rights of utilizing rifts in video games.

  • AmanaAmana Moderator UncommonPosts: 3,912

    This thread was just necroed and I am locking it to prevent confusion.

    To give feedback on moderation, contact mikeb@mmorpg.com

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