Post by leunas on Jul 21, 2006 4:19:25 GMT -5
General
Water Cooler Games received the following email last week:
Dear Site Owner/Webmaster,
In doing a keyword check of our brand names and other intellectual property, we found the name "Game Jobs" being used on your site to promote recruitment of game industry professionals. GameJobs.com has operated employing that usage for ten years as of this year, and we have invested significantly in the brand and mark.
We do not ask that you remove it, but would appreciate it if you would insert another word to make the phrase more descriptive and less potentially confusing for visitors. Options to that end include: "Game Industry Jobs," "Game Business Jobs," and the like.
Should you be interested in a formal marketing partnership with our site, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. Thanks in advance for your consideration and cooperation.
Best,
[name withheld]
GameJobs
The rather forgettable GameJobs.com is run by The Crest Group, who only seem to exist in the Google Cache. According to that defunct page, they also run the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA), or used to.
Anyway, as you can see by searching this site for "game jobs", we've uses the phrase twice (prior to this post), once about two academic posts open at Georgia Tech and once informally in a discussion of movie advergames. I'm sure no one is "confused."
So to our friends at the Crest Group, note that we respond to unfounded and just plain stupid IP semi-threats with mockery. And for our readers, if you really are interested in game jobs, visit Mary-Margaret.com or Gamasutra.com
Water Cooler Games received the following email last week:
Dear Site Owner/Webmaster,
In doing a keyword check of our brand names and other intellectual property, we found the name "Game Jobs" being used on your site to promote recruitment of game industry professionals. GameJobs.com has operated employing that usage for ten years as of this year, and we have invested significantly in the brand and mark.
We do not ask that you remove it, but would appreciate it if you would insert another word to make the phrase more descriptive and less potentially confusing for visitors. Options to that end include: "Game Industry Jobs," "Game Business Jobs," and the like.
Should you be interested in a formal marketing partnership with our site, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. Thanks in advance for your consideration and cooperation.
Best,
[name withheld]
GameJobs
The rather forgettable GameJobs.com is run by The Crest Group, who only seem to exist in the Google Cache. According to that defunct page, they also run the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA), or used to.
Anyway, as you can see by searching this site for "game jobs", we've uses the phrase twice (prior to this post), once about two academic posts open at Georgia Tech and once informally in a discussion of movie advergames. I'm sure no one is "confused."
So to our friends at the Crest Group, note that we respond to unfounded and just plain stupid IP semi-threats with mockery. And for our readers, if you really are interested in game jobs, visit Mary-Margaret.com or Gamasutra.com
