I'm sure by now that most of you are familiar with Rebellion Studio's militant crusade to trademark their namesake, despite it being present in the common vernacular rather than being a unique name. For those not please see here: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/455527/page/2/#3482081
Well, since they apparently have no problems slinging mud without care or forethought, I suggest its time we hurl a little back. As anyone who regularly uses Steam knows, there's a tagging system for players to tag games with appropriate tags, and I suggest we do just that.
I'd like to suggest that we as a community tag every Rebellion Studio's game with the following tags "Frivolous Lawsuit" and "Trademark Troll" just a little PSA to let everyone who's thinking about buying their product know what their company likes to engage in.
I'd suggest sticking to those two terms in particular to try and maximise the chances of them showing up in tags, I welcome any suggestions for additional terms below in the comments, please bear in mind that the tag system blocks swearing automatically and in any case, I think sarcastic wit is preferable to profanity laced anger, have fun everyone...
Edit: changed patent troll to Trademark Troll under advisement, I had previously thought that Patent troll covered both terms until I did a little research.
Then call them "trademark trolls," not patent trolls. Let's not give the fine folks who license and litigate patents a bad name by association.
On a more serious note, the court's decision had nothing to do with whether or not "rebellion" is unique. It was a First Amendment analysis regarding the artistic relevance of Ironclad's use of the term. So I propose the tag: "Haters of Freedom of Expression!!!1!"
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