The Dark Below Removed from the European Trademark Database [updated]

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Reaper of souls was registered pretty fast, while this one still is pending.

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Reaper of souls was registered pretty fast, while this one still is pending.

Keep Dreaming. The Legion Invasion WILL. NOT. BE. NEXT.

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I have not said anything about legion. I am just saying that "dark below" is not wow expansion.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Yeah, another funny thing. All TDB threads talk about Ny'alotha, but one question was never raised. The puzzle box talks about the Land of Ny'alotha and the City of Ny'alotha. Is it like Stormwind? A Kingdom AND a city? Maybe the continent of Ny'alotha has the Zone of Ny'alotha with the black forest and a raid: The City of Ny'alotha.

Hard to say. Also calls it a Black Forest.

What about a potential redevelopment of the Abyssal Maw raid?

Very possible it may return in some form, though I doubt it will be set in Vash'jir now.

[Hitei]

Reaper of souls was registered pretty fast, while this one still is pending.

Reaper of souls had to be pushed through to full registration, because of the announcement.
Dark Below is not ready to be announced yet, so they can just sit on the application.

Hard to say. Also calls it a Black Forest.



Very possible it may return in some form, though I doubt it will be set in Vash'jir now.

Ny'alotha isn't the black forest, it is in and or near the black forest.

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Reaper of souls had to be pushed through to full registration, because of the announcement.
Dark Below is not ready to be announced yet, so they can just sit on the application.

Not believeable excuse.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Reaper of souls was registered pretty fast, while this one still is pending.

Considering we won't hear about this until Blizzcon, I'm not too concerned about the speed.

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Just give me any example of trademark application that has been pending for as long time or longer than the dark below and which has been registered.

[Grubjuice]

Ny'alotha isn't the black forest, it is in and or near the black forest.

The Black Forest is in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Hard to say. Also calls it a Black Forest.

The way I see it, the Black forest is around the city. Or maybe the black forest IS the city. Dunno. Well I'm gonna make a poll.

[D4NNYB0Y]

Reaper of souls was registered pretty fast, while this one still is pending.

If Reaper of Souls was registered, which we don't know as Reaper of Souls is listed as a trademark rather than a registered trademark (as the name implies the former can be called a trademark without actually being registered, a simple filing is enough to grant priority) then it was registered in an unknown country via the Madrid Protocol.

RoS is still in the examination phase of application in both Europe (just like TDB and Hearthstone) and the US (just like Hearthstone.) On average it takes 7 months from application to registration.

To put it in perspective, MoP wasn't a fully registered trademark until about 2 months *after* its release:

http://wowpedia.org/Mists_of_pandaria

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85...e=statusSearch

RoS will not be a registered trademark for quite some time, nor will TDB or even Hearthstone.

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Just give me any example of trademark application that has been pending for as long time or longer than the dark below and which has been registered.

The trademark registration process can take years if there are complications. This is nothing.

http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/t250067.htm

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Not believeable excuse.

It is both believable and plausible.

[Hitei]

Just give me any example of trademark application that has been pending for as long time or longer than the dark below and which has been registered.

Mists of Pandaria:

Filing date: 22/08/2011
Date of registration: 24/01/2012

[lo0ney]

OT: If The Dark Below turns out to be true, any of these ideas would make me resub in a heartbeat.

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Not me. Don't have the money. But would make me want to.

[Orange Joe]

If Reaper of Souls was registered, which we don't know as Reaper of Souls is listed as a trademark rather than a registered trademark (as the name implies the former can be called a trademark without actually being registered, a simple filing is enough to grant priority) then it was registered in an unknown country via the Madrid Protocol.

RoS is still in the examination phase of application in both Europe (just like TDB and Hearthstone) and the US (just like Hearthstone.) On average it takes 7 months from application to registration.

RoS will not be a registered trademark for quite some time, nor will TDB or even Hearthstone.

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The trademark registration process can take years if there are complications. This is nothing.

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It is both believable and plausible.

So whats the complication? Got any example of other trademarks taking so long?

[checking facts]

So whats the complication? Got any example of other trademarks taking so long?

Mists of Pandaria:

Filing date: 22/08/2011
Date of registration: 24/01/2012

it was a few posts above yours.

[Hitei]

OT: If The Dark Below turns out to be true, any of these ideas would make me resub in a heartbeat.

Jokes on you, I'm from the future.
I don't seriously expect anyone else to use it though. It's my signature.

[The Stormbringer]

Jokes on you, I'm from the future.
I don't seriously expect anyone else to use it though. It's my signature.

I'll say TDB. Tee-dee-bee. That's not hard. 'Dah-Low' sounds silly, though.

[Yarathir]

I'll say TDB. Tee-dee-bee. That's not hard. 'Dah-Low' sounds silly, though.

Makes me think of:

J. Lo.

[Hitei]

I'll say TDB. Tee-dee-bee. That's not hard. 'Dah-Low' sounds silly, though.

I don't like the DB, it doesn't have the same crispness as "Bee See", too many "tbdbdb" sounds.
I find "DaLow amusing because even though it's taken from the "Dark Below" part, it still represents the "the" via "Da".

In all seriousness I'll probably just use "Dark Below" or "Below" when typing in-game and on forums after the release.

Makes me think of:

J. Lo.

It's destined for fame.