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Court to Cancel Tim Langdell's "Edge" Trademarks?

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104152-Court-to-Cancel-Tim-Langdells-Edge-Trademarks

Full court judgement can be read here: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2010cv02614/228647/67/

Apparently Langdell forged his trademark documents:
“According to EA, the two registrations obtained by plaintiff for the “EDGE” mark were soaked in fraud. First, in January 1999, Edge Interactive Media (a predecessor to Edge Games) registered the “EDGE” mark for use in connection with various paper goods, including magazines related to video games. Five years later, in 2004, Edge Interactive Media filed a “Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability under Sections 8 & 5,” wherein Dr. Langdell certified to the USPTO that (1) his companies had made continuous use of the “EDGE” mark in commerce for at least five years following the January 1999 registration date, and (2) were continuing to use the mark in commerce as reflected in a specimen described as a “Color scan of the front cover of our EDGE Games magazine, July 2004 edition, with the registration serial number written clearly on it”. According to a declaration submitted by the publisher of Edge Magazine, however, the magazine cover submitted to the USPTO by Dr.Langdell was not a genuine copy of any magazine cover that had ever been published . It was faked. The specimen submitted by Dr. Langdell to the USPTO (left) and the actual Edge Magazine cover for July 2004 (right) are shown below:
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The USPTO apparently relied upon Dr. Langdell’s declaration and false specimen and maintained the “EDGE” registration.”

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