洛杉矶 - 非常受欢迎，同样令人上瘾的应用程序的制造商, 糖果粉碎佐贺, 已撤回它的“糖果”商标申请与国美国专利和商标局 (美国专利商标局). 王. COM有限公司最初提交的申请早在二月 2013, 在那些声称这家英国视频游戏公司试图不公平地垄断使用惯用词的人中引起强烈反响和批评,,en,金还激起了其他应用程序制造商的投诉,,en,他们声称自己的通用字词对自己的游戏构成了威胁,,en,King的转机是在今年早些时候，有关为“ Candy”寻求商标保护的决定遭到了负面报道之后，国际游戏开发者协会公开指责该公司使用“掠夺性的努力”来保护其过于宽泛的商标，这是金石的一面。,,en,结合King法律团队发布的文件，指控其对竞争对手游戏开发商的商标侵权,,en. King also stirred up complaints from other app makers, who claimed that their games were being threatened because of their own use of the generic word.

King’s about-face comes after the bad press over its decision to seek trademark protection for “Candy” reached a pinnacle earlier this year when the International Game Developers Association publicly accused the company of using “predatory efforts” to protect its overly broad trademarks. This, combined with the release of documents from King’s legal team alleging trademark infringement against the developer of a rival game, 所有糖果赌场老虎机– Jewel Craze Connect,,en,大爆炸狂热之地,,en,似乎终于摇摆了国王重新考虑其计划,,en,该应用程序于2月被正式放弃,,en,在金的商标律师提出明确放弃的请求之后,,en,被遗弃之前,,en,该申请寻求与大量商品有关的“糖果”一词的注册,,en,从婴儿监视器到自动点唱机，应有尽有,,en,在提出遗弃请求时,,en,该申请已经公开反对，并且已经通过了USPTO的内部审查程序,,en: Big Blast Mania Land, seems to have finally swayed King to rethink its plan.

The application was officially abandoned on February 26, after King’s trademark lawyers filed a request for express abandonment. Before its abandonment, the application sought registration of the word “Candy” in connection with a huge array of goods, covering everything from baby monitors to juke boxes. At the time that the request for abandonment was filed, the application had already been published for opposition and had cleared the USPTO’s internal examination process.

目前尚不清楚金的法律团队是否会针对竞争对手的应用程序制造商提起商标侵权诉讼，因为他们已经放弃了“糖果”应用程序,,en,这家英国公司唯一的官方说法是以下声明,,en,“国王已撤回其在美国的糖果商标申请。,,en,我们在二月份申请的,,en,在我们获得《 Candy Crusher》的早期版权之前,,en,King经营的每个市场在IP方面都不同,,en,我们认为，拥有Candy Crusher的权利是在美国保护Candy Crush的最佳选择,,en,市场,,en,这不会影响我们的欧盟,,en,是Candy的商标，我们将继续采取所有适当步骤来保护我们的IP。”,,en. The only official word from the UK-based company has been the following statement: “King has withdrawn its trademark application for Candy in the U.S., which we applied for in February 2013 before we acquired the early rights to Candy Crusher. Each market that King operates in is different with regard to IP. We feel that having the rights to Candy Crusher is the best option for protecting Candy Crush in the U.S. market. This does not affect our E.U. trademark for Candy and we continue to take all appropriate steps to protect our IP.”