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Re:Monster Energy Goes After Indie Dev for Using the Word 'M... by fitzoh on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:35AM (#35453903)
>I don't understand how the beverage company could rightfully object to any game title like "Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals".

It makes a bit more sense when you look at the game's logo, specifically the font they use for the word "Monsters"

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Re:Monster Energy Goes After Indie Dev for Using the Word 'M... by ChoGGi on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:18AM (#35454658)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dark-deception-game/images...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Monster_Energ...

I don't see it? How do you feel about them going after Ubisoft's Gods and Monsters?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GBzHJbeZpPI/maxresdefault.jpg

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Re:Monster Energy Goes After Indie Dev for Using the Word 'M... by fitzoh on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:31AM (#35455855)
>How do you feel about them going after Ubisoft's Gods and Monsters?

Ridiculous overreach.

I had the same initial reaction to this story, but I could imagine a scenario where someone saw the dark deception logo and thought it sort of looked like the Monster energy logo. Having said that, I still don't think there's any real chance of confusion.

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Re:Monster Energy Goes After Indie Dev for Using the Word 'M... by mtrower on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:14PM (#35462367)
Yeah no, I’d assert that any similarities there, such that they exist, are due to them both drawing on the same prior art/culture. It’s kind of insane that Monster gets to just assimilate all of that under its wing for free.
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