tetristhemovie
Re:Show HN: Colorbars – A challenging new take on the match three game...
on Friday July 25, 2014 @02:55PM (#8086939)
Saving everyone else the time, these are all redeemed. 0.99c, though; not sweating the cost.
Re:A free cookbook for people living on $4/day
on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @01:41PM (#7674928)
This is useful, but a good portion of these recipes aren't useable in an office environment. Curious if anyone has something similar, but where are you limited to, at most, a microwave and/or toaster oven.
Re:Game Developers Are Trolling the Makers of Candy Crush With Other "...
on Friday January 31, 2014 @12:57PM (#7157980)
IANAL, but these are two different issues. We are discussing a trademark, not a mechanic. TTC never got any of their cases regarding trademark, precisely because no one called it tetris (which is not even a real word). King hasn't copyrighted match-3, and probably won't ever be able to (what with prior art with at least Bejeweled, and I'm sure others before that)
Even aside from all that, I think #candyjam is protected under fair use. The intent is very obviously parody. In fact, it'll probably end up with someone participating in the jam that has a sizable legal team, and they could probably string up a class-action lawsuit for everyone in the jam, which would probably amount to huge settlement costs if King tried to pay their way out of court. Lose-lose situation for them; they shell out massive amounts or lose their trademark for not protecting it.