Posts with tag trademarking

Long-running WoW and Everquest guild "The Syndicate®" has trademarked its name in the realm of online gaming -- so if you're part of a guild called "The Syndicate" on any server except Zul'jin, you're in trouble. Raph Koster has some commentary on this, wondering what the implications of not using the word "syndicate" in any guild name might be.

Crucially, it appears that the trademark includes "The" as well as "Syndicate", but it's still an extremely generic term for a guild. Having said that, I've never seen any Syndicates running around, so perhaps people prefer names like "Cult of the Dark Chicken" (a guild I belong to) instead.

[Thanks, m3mnoch]