Futuremark Attempting to Trademark "Pwnage"

[CSN NewsBot]

If you haven't heard by now, Futuremark is trying to trademark the term "pwnage." Let that completely absurd sentence sink into your mind a bit. If you think it's a joke, it's sadly not. But what does Futuremark have to say about this and the many cries of "n00b," "WTF," and "ROTFL's" that came from this news?

Fellow gamers,



Our purpose in filing for trademark on the name "Pwnage" is not to charge money or stop people from using the expression. That's not what a trademark is for. Instead, we want to protect ourselves from squatters (or what I call campers) - people looking to trademark the name on false pretenses, just to make a claim against Futuremark Games Studio for its use.



-Jukka Mäkinen, Executive Producer, Futuremark Games Studio

Ohhh, so that's it? It's a good thing they're protecting the world's gamers from those evil squatters! I'd hate to think about some company trying to trademark that name that had no right to do so.

[Linux]

Thats lame... Retarted, and yeah they fail atm for trying to do that... No one should need to trademark a word that almost everyone used on they're site in games...

Hope they get shot down personally.

[Thortok2000]

That's completely stupid. That IS what a trademark is for. They just turn around and said it themselves.

people looking to trademark the name on false pretenses, just to make a claim against

They want to trademark it so they can have the power to make claims against others.

[Matteh_uk]

yeah they will probably file a lawsuit against purepwnage straight away, idiots

[debman3]

OMFG DD can i use the word OMFG ?? is it copyrighted :XX UGMGFF please delete my comment i don't want to be sued

[SupaDupaNoodle]

Hah! This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. But in the spirit of the times, I'm going to trademark the words "Future" and "Mark".



Now payup you campers or stop using my two words for your company name!