Update: Futuremark responds to “Pwnage” trademark controversy on YouGamers, their own video game website. In addition, MTV contacts owners of Pwned.com for their reaction to the ‘Pwnage’ trademark attempt. _____ On February 26, 2008, Finnish software development company Futuremark filed to protect the trademark Pwnage in relation to “computer game software and computer game programs enabling users to play games with mobile…

On February 15, 2008, video game behemoth Electronic Arts filed to protect the trademark Dante’s Inferno in relation to “computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones, handheld computers, computers, video game consoles, both handheld and free standing, and other wireless devices”. The filing also covers “a continuing computer game and science fiction show broadcast over television,…

On February 8, 2008, video game developer/publisher Activision Publishing filed to protect the trademark DJ Hero in relation to “computer game software and related instruction manual sold together as a unit; interactive video game programs; computer game discs; downloadable software for use in connection with computer games; video game controllers; interactive video game comprised of a CD…

On February 5, 2008, wireless phone developer Hop-on, Inc. filed to protect the trademarks YahooPhone and YPhone in relation to “telephones, cellular and mobile telephones, and apparatus, connectors, chargers, holders and headsets for the foregoing”. Does Yahoo! have a deal with Hop-on (HPNN) to develop a cellphone? While Hop-on does have recent phone deals with AT&T and Verizon and a recent letter of intent for…

On January 25, 2008, online discount travel site hotels.com filed a new application to protect the trademark hotels.com in relation to “travel agency services, namely making reservations and bookings for transportation and providing information concerning travel and providing travel and information over computer networks and global communication networks”. Because, you know, that’s what they do. The new…

Update: Kotaku has confirmed that Guitar Hero: On Tour will in fact be the DS version of Guitar Hero. Mork was going to say “told you so”, but he’s not one to gloat. _____ Update 2: On March 19, 2008, Yahoo and IGN, in an “exclusive reveal”, revealed that Activision has revealed to them that Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS…

Update: Over two and a half months after Mork reported the name change, Pizza Hut unveiled plans today (April 1, 2008) to introduce a line of new Tuscani pastas on April 6th. The nation’s largest pizza chain said the Pasta Hut name is just an April Fool’s joke to bring attention to their new pasta items, and launched a new…

On December 14, 2007, American football star Terrell Owens (T.O.) filed to protect the trademark I Love Me Some Me in relation to restaurants, clothing and cups. Owens is currently a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. Prior to playing for the Cowboys, he played for the San Francisco 49ers until 2003 and the Philadelphia Eagles until 2005. Owens…

On December 20, 2007, video game publisher Eidos Interactive filed to protect the trademark Battlestations Pacific in relation to computer and video game software. Mork is going to go ahead and guess that Battlestations Pacific will be the name of the sequel to Eidos’ video game Battlestations Midway. Set in the Pacific during World War II, Battlestation Midway offers a…

Update: Although SCEA has yet to formally announce the game, Joystiq/PS3 Fanboy reports that appear in the latest Game Informer magazine. _____ On December 18, 2007, video game publisher Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) filed to protect the trademark Resistance 2 in relation to a videogame. Resistance 2 will be the sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man, a first-person shooter…