BALATRO WIP for the C64 (aka 8-bit Balatro) (ko-ko74.itch.io)
from AntiBullyRanger@ani.social to games@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 04:45
https://ani.social/post/10331431

Demo

Again, uninvolve me on this. Friend’s still learning the ropes. Crosspost as you please. Just leave me out of it.

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tal@lemmy.today on 07 Mar 05:01 collapse

Hey everyone,

Unfortunately, I have to take down this project. The team at Playstack reached out to me in a very polite and professional manner, requesting its removal, and I fully respect their wishes.

AntiBullyRanger@ani.social on 07 Mar 05:54 next collapse

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mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org on 07 Mar 09:39 next collapse

They are scared of the C64 large amount of users

Kelly@programming.dev on 07 Mar 09:43 collapse

It looks like they were using the name.

At that point it becomes a trademark protection issue.

tal@lemmy.today on 07 Mar 11:29 collapse

So, to expand on that, at least in US law (and I’d assume elsewhere), if you let people use your trademark for other products and don’t legally challenge it, the trademark can become genericized, which means that you lose the exclusive right to use it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark

I don’t know if that was the concern here, but generally, it’s true that there’s an obligation on trademark holders to actively defend their trademarks or lose them.

SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 11:01 collapse

Who could have seen this coming? Well I did, the moment I saw that they used the name and logo.