The Witcher Developer Wants to Trademark Term Cyberpunk … – DVS Gaming (registration) (blog)

The term is already trademarked in several countries and aReddit post, claims thatCD Projekt have now filed a trademark claim in Europe. The request allegedly would only cover game titles and not prevent using the term to describe content.There has been no confirmation from CDP, however, so it may be wise to reserve judgement.

CDP wants to protect their game against infringement and they havealready trademarked the term in the USA.So far they have not acted on it but its existence creates limitations for other creators. Itcould potentially cause some problems forother developers wishing to use the term in their games and descriptions, fearing legal action. It also may hurt the genre.

Trademarking game titles is not an uncommon practice as user Vetinarius points out.There is an obvious gray area, however, when it comes to trademarking a word that describes a genre, especially when the termed was coined by another individual altogether. The term was originally used by writer Bruce Bethke as the title for a short story he wrote in 1980. It was later retroactively applied to a number of science fiction works.

CD Projekts title, Cyberpunk 2077, is a futuristic RPG game, larger than any of their previous titles such as The Witcher. It is still in early development,you can check out the concept art and a teaser trailer on the games website.

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