The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has suspended the trademark software for the Horizon: Zero Dawn enlargement, The Frozen Wilds.
In its discover of suspension, the USPTO stated totally different studio filed for the same trademark earlier than Sony. The studio in query, known as Huuuge, filed for a trademark for its recreation Frozen Wild again in May.
Frozen Wild is a slot machine cell recreation, considered one of many by the identical studio. This suspension is definitely over a month previous, however was just lately dug up by a NeoGAF person. Here’s a screenshot of the sport’s itemizing on the app retailer:
“If the mark in the referenced application(s) registers, applicant’s mark may be refused registration under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with that registered mark(s),” the USPTO stated within the suspension notice .
This doesn’t imply the enlargement’s title might be modified, it simply signifies that it might take longer for Sony to trademark the title. The Frozen Wilds is out November 7.
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