Softek
| Private Company | |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Pasadena, California, USA |
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Key people
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Tim Langdell (CEO and Founder) |
| Website |
www www |
Edge Games is a video game developer and publisher headquartered in Pasadena, California, known for the practices of its chief executive and founder, Tim Langdell, in enforcing trademarks relating to the word "edge", which sources have described as "litigious". Langdell has defended these practices citing that Edge has only sued two companies since the late 1980s.
In 2010, Edge Games sued Electronic Arts for trademark infringement, but eventually settled, with Edge surrendering many of its registrations. The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) cancelled the trademarks by court order in April 2013.
Edge Games was founded in California in 1990 by Tim Langdell. At that time, it acquired the intellectual property assets of Langdell's former company, Softek Software, itself founded in 1980 in London. Softek's catalog includes several games, including: Fairlight, released in 1985, and Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal, released in 1987.
Since the 1989 release of Snoopy and Peanuts Edge Games have released nine games in the last 25 years.
The Edge website stated that two other multi-platform titles: Mirrors, and Mythora 2 are "coming soon", as are the PlayStation 3 and other platform versions of Racers. The website also states that they are porting some of their Commodore 64 games to WiiWare. As of 2015, none of these titles have been released.
Edge Games and Edge Interactive Media have been involved in a number of disputes over the "EDGE" trademark.
In May 2009, game developer Mobigame's iPhone title Edge was removed from Apple's App Store in the US and the UK due to lawsuit threats by Tim Langdell. According to Mobigames, the dispute arose while they were trying to register a trademark for Edge in the US, while Langdell claims he owns the global trademark on "Edge".
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