Battle for Azeroth Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[killwithpwr]

The US and NZ processes do not operate the same way.

The US process basically has no checks whatsoever.

The NZ process requires a registered user: https://www.iponz.govt.nz/about-ip/trade-marks/apply/

Used to work in legal research so I'm going to dig a bit and see if I can work this out. We might be able to bunk/debunk it.

Any possibility (if its a Bunked) to check for which IP it belongs to? Or is that only possible with Blizz announcement?

[Fahrad Wagner]

Seems like the time has come!

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The way Legion had many side stories makes me think that WC4 isn't needed in order to progress multiple major stories.

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♪ There's something strange in the 8.0 thread, who you gonna call? Leakbusters! ♪

[Shadochi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytAYsn__ZZI

Last night was definitely an "X Files theme" night, with the ToV leaker coming out.

[NightHaawk]

@Girl here please MMO C verify me

[Fahrad Wagner]

Last night was definitely an "X Files theme" night, with the ToV leaker coming out.

Right? This came out of nowhere.

[killwithpwr]

Seems like the time has come!

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The way Legion had many side stories makes me think that WC4 isn't needed in order to progress multiple major stories.

It really isn't needed... But it will sell... And most likely will bring Acti-Blizz a ton of money....

So it's a possibility

[TriHard]

Battle for Azeroth sounds more like a phone game than an expansion name.

""downloadable electronic game software for use on portable electronic devices such as mobile and cellular phones" "

Besides, it can still be fake.

[enak101]

100% that leak about vol jins urn is gonna be true

[killwithpwr]

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♪ There's something strange in the 8.0 thread, who you gonna call? Leakbusters! ♪

I'm afraid of Marshmellows.

Plx halp

[Deleted]

A bit more than 6 hours and we will know for sure

[Grimfrost]

Thought the genki leak was confirmed so far

[Fahrad Wagner]

I'm afraid of Marshmellows.

Plx halp

Who you gonna call?

[Eurhetemec]

Please do!

Yes please! Leaaaaaakbusters!

To add to this, they seem to have an account system that firms log into to submit apps. This app was submitted by the legit ID for AJ Park.

Yeah, my findings are the same as Ensign.

NZ uses an account system. AJ Park are 600022. That is the account that registered Warlord of Draenor back in 2013 - IP number: 987287

That is the SAME account that registered Battle for Azeroth. The Blizzard applicant ID is also the same.

So, for the purposes of the internet, I would consider this confirmed. If I was still a legal researcher, my next step would be to contact the NZ registry, if they're open at this time of day, by phone, and ask them if this was definitely 100% how this works (I am confident it is, but...), and if they said yes, I would let the fee-earner know that we had confirmation that this was a legitimate attempt to register a trademark.

So I'm saying for clarity: LEGIT BLIZZARD TRADEMARK ATTEMPT (will presumably be accepted).

[Blackdecker]

Battle for Azeroth sounds more like a phone game than an expansion name.

""downloadable electronic game software for use on portable electronic devices such as mobile and cellular phones" "

Besides, it can still be fake.

Warcraft 4: Battle for Azeroth plss

[enak101]

100% that leak about vol jins urn is gonna be true

edit: it COULD be a mobile game, but all of these IP claims are in Class 9 regardless, inclusive of most video games/entertainment (i'm not a lawyer, but you can look up class 9 for trademark claims, don't know why people think it has to be that instead of xpac name.

[Lahis]

Battle for Azeroth sounds more like a phone game than an expansion name.

""downloadable electronic game software for use on portable electronic devices such as mobile and cellular phones" "

Besides, it can still be fake.

Expansion cancelled.

We get mobile whaling simulator instead.

[Eurhetemec]

100% that leak about vol jins urn is gonna be true

I would be unsurprised at this point.

[Teri]

Seems like the time has come!

The way Legion had many side stories makes me think that WC4 isn't needed in order to progress multiple major stories.

It might not be needed for story, but it could be a crazy big RTS again even if it were a multiplayer only game, with a custom editor maps like Warcraft 3 had.

Look how Starcraft 2 is still selling reskins and commander packs etc.

Warcraft 4 could easily just be RTS multiplayer only in a fictional sense like Hearthstone, but with more racial factions and maybe even a Legion army as option instead of Scourge.

And most of the scourge units folded into a new Forsaken tech tree.

In the mean time, we get Draenei units as well (not just broken ones we see in old warcraft 3).

Blood elves getting paladin units, mechs, etc.

Dozens of new faction and neutral heroes.

Could have at least 10+ seperate factions, or sub-factions like C&C Kane's wrath did.

[Shadochi]

It really isn't needed... But it will sell... And most likely will bring Acti-Blizz a ton of money....

So it's a possibility

True, and some people that are waiting for WC4 but don't play wow ATM might also get back in and buy the new expansion as well. So it would be a smart business move, since one would advertise the other and vice versa.

[killwithpwr]

Who you gonna call?

My Bear friends?