Spyborgs

ByDavid Mork

On April 7, 2008, Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom Entertainment filed to protect the trademark Spyborgs in relation to a video game. The full filing covers:

“computer game software, computer game cartridges, computer game cassettes, computer games pre-recorded on CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, computer game tapes, video game cartridges, software for arcade-type video games, downloadable game software, downloadable computer games, downloadable internet games, downloadable game software for playing on mobile phones, downloadable mobile telephone tones, downloadable digital music provided from the internet; pre-recorded audio disks, CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs featuring games, music, animated cartoons and action/adventure entertainment movies; downloadable ring tones, images, moving images and music for mobile phones; downloadable screen saver software and wallpaper software for mobile phones”

While there is currently no information about this anywhere, Mork did discover that Capcom registered the spyborgs.com domain on March 14, 2008. We’ll see what pops up there in the next few weeks or months.

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