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Electronic Arts files trademark applications for ‘Prison Kings’

Prison Kings trademark

Electronic Arts is up to something when it comes to online games.

The game publisher filed two trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 10 for the term “Prison Kings”. 

Serial Number: 85443304 covers, “Entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line computer game; Provision of information relating to electronic computer games provided via the Internet.”  Serial Number: 85443315 covers, “Computer game software; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices.”

“Prison Kings” follows recent trademark filings for Style Empire, Fly with Me and Road Trippin’.

Discussion: Joystiq

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Zynga registers slew of domain names following announcement of new games

Dream Zoo

On the day Zynga announced a “gaggle of new social games“, it registered well over 150 domain names as part of its intellectual property strategy.

The defensive domain registrations center around Project Z, Castleville, Zynga Bingo, Zynga Casino, Hidden Chronicles, Dream Zoo and Mafia Wars 2.

The domains include typical defensive registrations like Dreamzoosucks.com and wwwzyngabingo.com, but among the list of names are hints of other games for its newly created Zynga Casino franchise such as zyngacraps.com, zyngadice.com, zyngakeno.com, zyngapaigowpoker.com and zyngaroulette.com.

The names also point to which devices and platforms the new games may be available on such as ZyngaBingoGoogleplus and Dreamzooipad.com.

It’s unknown whether Zynga owns the matching names to each new game like Castleville.com, which The Domains wrote about yesterday.  As Mike Berkens noted in the article, the domain was registered to someone in Shangha China using Tucows.com until August 8th, when it went under privacy at Godaddy.com.  The name has now transferred name servers from domaincontrol.com to cotdns.net as of today, signalling a website may be unveiled shortly, as well as the owner.

Over the last year Zynga has improved its domain buying methods in order to keep its unreleased games a secret, including using a generic Yahoo! email address when registering names.

Here’s the full list of domains Zynga registered through the brand protection company MarkMonitor.

bingobyzyngaandroid.com
bingobyzyngaipad.com
bingobyzyngaiphone.com
castleville.us
castleville2.com
castlevilleandroid.com
castlevilleapp.com
castlevilleblog.com
castlevillebot.com
castlevillecash.com
castlevillecoins.com
castlevillecrowns.com
castlevilleecards.com
castlevillefacebook.com
castlevillefans.com
castlevilleforums.com
castlevillegame.com
castlevillegamecards.com
castlevillegiftcards.com
castlevillegifts.com
castlevillehacks.com
castlevilleipad.com
castlevilleiphone.com
castlevillemobile.com
castlevillenews.com
castlevillerewards.com
castlevillestore.com
castlevillesucks.com
castlevilletoolbar.com
castlevillezynga.com
dreamzoo.us
dreamzoo2.com
dreamzooandroid.com
dreamzooapp.com
dreamzooblog.com
dreamzoobot.com
dreamzoocash.com
dreamzooecards.com
dreamzooforums.com
dreamzoogame.com
dreamzoogamecards.com
dreamzoogiftcards.com
dreamzoogifts.com
dreamzoohacks.com
dreamzooipad.com
dreamzooiphone.com
dreamzoomobile.com
dreamzoonews.com
dreamzoostore.com
dreamzoosucks.com
dreamzoozynga.com
fuckcastleville.com
fuckdreamzoo.com
fuckhiddenchronicles.com
fuckzyngabingo.com
fuckzyngacasino.com
hiddenchronicles.us
hiddenchronicles2.com
hiddenchroniclesandroid.com
hiddenchroniclesapp.com
hiddenchroniclesblog.com
hiddenchroniclesbot.com
hiddenchroniclescash.com
hiddenchroniclescoins.com
hiddenchroniclescrowns.com
hiddenchroniclesecards.com
hiddenchroniclesfacebook.com
hiddenchroniclesfans.com
hiddenchroniclesforums.com
hiddenchroniclesgame.com
hiddenchroniclesgamecards.com
hiddenchroniclesgiftcards.com
hiddenchroniclesgifts.com
hiddenchronicleshacks.com
hiddenchroniclesipad.com
hiddenchroniclesiphone.com
hiddenchroniclesmobile.com
hiddenchroniclesnews.com
hiddenchroniclesrewards.com
hiddenchroniclesstore.com
hiddenchroniclessucks.com
hiddenchronicleszynga.com
ilovedreamzoo.com
ilovezyngacasino.com
mafiawars2google.com
mafiawars2googleplus.com
mafiawarstwogoogle.com
mafiawarstwogoogleplus.com
playdreamzoo.com
playzyngacasino.com
projectzynga.com
wwwcastleville.com
wwwdreamzoo.com
wwwhiddenchronicles.com
wwwzyngabingo.com
wwwzyngacasino.com
zygnabaccarat.com
zyngabigsix.com
zyngabingo.us
zyngabingo2.com
zyngabingoandroid.com
zyngabingoapp.com
zyngabingoblog.com
zyngabingobot.com
zyngabingocash.com
zyngabingoecards.com
zyngabingofacebook.com
zyngabingofans.com
zyngabingoforums.com
zyngabingogame.com
zyngabingogamecards.com
zyngabingogiftcards.com
zyngabingogifts.com
zyngabingogoogle.com
zyngabingogoogleplus.com
zyngabingohacks.com
zyngabingoipad.com
zyngabingoiphone.com
zyngabingomobile.com
zyngabingonews.com
zyngabingorewards.com
zyngabingostore.com
zyngabingosucks.com
zyngabingotoolbar.com
zyngacasino.us
zyngacasino2.com
zyngacasinoandroid.com
zyngacasinoapp.com
zyngacasinoblog.com
zyngacasinobot.com
zyngacasinocash.com
zyngacasinochips.com
zyngacasinoecards.com
zyngacasinofacebook.com
zyngacasinofans.com
zyngacasinoforums.com
zyngacasinogame.com
zyngacasinogamecards.com
zyngacasinogiftcards.com
zyngacasinogifts.com
zyngacasinogold.com
zyngacasinogoogle.com
zyngacasinogoogleplus.com
zyngacasinohacks.com
zyngacasinoipad.com
zyngacasinoiphone.com
zyngacasinomobile.com
zyngacasinonews.com
zyngacasinorewards.com
zyngacasinostore.com
zyngacasinosucks.com
zyngacasinotoolbar.com
zyngacasinowar.com
zyngacraps.com
zyngadice.com
zyngakeno.com
zyngapaigowpoker.com
zyngaproject.com
zyngaroulette.com
zyngaslots.us
zyngathebigsix.com
zyngawar.com

Discussion: Inside Social Games

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Finally, ModernWarfare3.com points to official Call of Duty MW3 website

Modern Warfare 3

The domain name ModernWarfare3.com is finally being re-directed to the official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 website.

Activision won rights to the web address in early September, after online taunting by the previous owner Anthony Abraham who had lashed out at Activision in a series of statements and videos that appeared on the then ModernWarfare3.com website.  

Things came to a head in July when Abraham re-directed the web address to Electronic Arts’ official Battlefield 3 website, prompting Activision to file a complaint.

Activision’s trademark attorneys at Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C, took control of ModernWarfare3.com in late September.

As of yesterday, the domain points to callofduty.com/MW3.

Discussion: Kotaku and Game Rant

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It Girl, Top Girl: Crowdstar now working on another game called “Social Girl”

Social Girl by Crowdstar

Social game developer Crowdstar Inc. has been a busy little bee over at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Earlier this week, I reported Crowdstar quietly launched Zombie Universe for iOS in Canada and filed trademarks for “Wildlife Safari” and “Zombie Universe by Crowdstar Network”.

They have now filed a trademark for “Social Girl” (Serial No. 85434592) on September 28, 2011, which looks to be another game targeted to females.

Crowdstar has had a lot of success with its “Girl” games. It has already released two: It Girl and Top Girl. 

In late June, Top Girl passed 1 million downloads within 10 days of being launched.

The Social Girl filing covers the following goods and services:

“Downloadable computer game software for use on wireless devices and computers; computer-game software, video game software, and computer game application software; interactive-video-game programs; electronic game software and electronic game application software that may be accessed via the Internet, computers and wireless devices; computer software to enable uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information regarding the fields of virtual communities, electronic gaming, entertainment and general interest via the Internet or other communications networks with third parties”

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Build your zombie town: CrowdStar quietly releases Zombie Universe for iOS

Zombie Universe

One of the top Facebook game developers CrowdStar, has apparently quietly released a new game for the iOS called “Zombie Universe”.

Considering the popularity of zombie games and shows, “Zombie Universe” has the potential to attract even more gamers because of the Halloween season.  In addition to Halloween, The Walking Dead season 2 premieres on October 16 on AMC.

But there’s a catch for zombie fans looking to play Zombie Universe; if you have an iTunes U.S. store account, you may run into problems trying to download the free app, as the app is currently only available in the iTunes Canada store. 

According to iTunes, Zombie Universe was released on September 30, 2011 on iTunes, and is compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

On September 27, 2011, Crowdstar Inc. filed a trademark application (Serial Number: 85433506) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “Zombie Universe by CrowdStar Network”.

The goods and services cover: “Downloadable computer game software for use on wireless devices and computers; computer-game software, video game software, and computer game application software; interactive-video-game programs; electronic game software and electronic game application software that may be accessed via the Internet, computers and wireless devices; computer software to enable uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information regarding the fields of virtual communities, electronic gaming, entertainment and general interest via the Internet or other communications networks with third”.

CrowdStar also looks to be releasing another game called “Wildlife Safari” according to the USPTO.  On the same day the company filed a trademark for Zombie Universe, it also filed the “Wildlife Safari” trademark (Serial Number: 85433505).