EA Files Counterclaim Against Tim Langdell

31 Aug 2010 at 20:51:18 by Peter Parrish

You may recall that back in June infamous trademark defendant Tim Langdell filed a lawsuit against EA, demanding all profits from Mirror's Edge and substantial damages.

These were the latest actions in a long-running dispute between the two parties. According to IndustryGamers, who quote directly from the court papers, EA has recently launched a fresh counterclaim against Langdell. The company claims that "Through a series of fraudulent misrepresentations to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ('USPTO'), Langdell ... has obtained federal registrations for a purported 'family' of EDGE marks."

"Neither Langdell nor his alter ego companies have made any legitimate and good faith use of those marks in commerce, but they have instead used the marks to assert baseless claims against third parties and to extract undeserved settlements," the court papers suggest.

EA asserts that it, and other companies, continue to be affected by Langdell's actions and are seeking a court ruling that would prevent him from making future claims on the basis of "common law rights" to the Edge trademark.

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