Trademarking "Syndicate"? Bad move. The fine men of La Cosa Nostra like that name too. Methinks a few horses heads may be found in the beds of whatever idiots came up with that idea.

Generic translates to bad?

It's true, though. When I worked at Blizzard, "The Syndicate" was one of the few names on our list of copyright-holder-requested disallowed names.

My post wasn't meant as a jab at their name. I just thought "The Syndicate" sounded too generic to trademark.

There might be a few fellas in Chicago who wanna piece a dat action. If you know what I'm sayin'.

My bad, I was thinking of "The Outfit".

@Phredreeke Sorry, I incorrectly interpreted your point :/

I'm sure EA, current holder of Bullfrog's properties, would also have a few words about someone trademarking a name that will grace the third iteration of a game which will release next year.

I was skeptical too, but take a look.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:d4rbdn.2.3

What a bunch of douchebags.

@Sam man that is awesome. I was just thinking about that game. For some insane reason that is one of the best games i've ever played. Even 10 or 20 years later I still remember it in vivid detail. Best part? Blowing up buildings.

Trademarking "Windows"? Seriously, that's such a generic name.
Nuff said... ;-)