‘A bit of a double-standard, eh?’
Not that people who have been following the news aboutCandy Crush Sagamaker Kingtrademarking“Candy” and causing issues overThe Banner Saga‘suse of the word “Saga”in its title need any more fuel for the fire, but here goes: developer Matthew Cox has accused the company of cloning a browser-based game he worked on calledScamperghost.
Allegedly, the team working onPac-Avoidwas told to “clone the game very quickly, and [King] even wanted to beat the release of the original game.” This comes directly from an email correspondence with one of the developers contracted by the company, according to Cox.
“Scamperghostisn’t the most original game in the world,” wrote Cox. “It’s obviously inspired byPac-Manbut we at least took it in an original direction by making it a mouse avoider with no walls. King.com, however, showed no respect for other people’s intellectual property when they made a direct, blatant clone ofScamperghost. Now they’ve trademarked “Candy” and are using their massive legal power against other small competing developers. A bit of a double-standard, eh?”
King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga…Trademark Trolls with a Double Standard?[Junkyard Sam — Thanks, OpiumHerz]
