On April 18, 2008, Media Power, Inc., a New York-based company whose majority shareholder is Carl Freer, the Swedish businessman and entrepreneur who developed the Gizmondo handheld gaming console, filed to protect the trademark Gizmondo in relation to a "portable and/or hand-held electronic device for interactive computer and video games" ...

Update: Ubisoft registered the domain princeofpersiaprodigy.com on April 1, 2008. While the site currently redirects to a cryptic placeholder screen, expect to see a real site there sooner than later. _____ On April 15, 2008, video game designer Jordan Mechner, the creator and owner of the Prince of Persia game franchise, filed ...

On March 20, 2008, game developer and publisher Ubisoft filed to protect the trademark Pure Futbol in relation to "game software and electronic game programs, namely software games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for computers, electronic game software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld computers". On April ...

On March 27, 2008, Sony Corporation filed to protect the trademark Applicast in relation to "application software pre-installed in television sets to download icons; television sets; LCD television sets; PDP television sets; projection television sets". Mork dug a little deeper and found the term "Applicast" mentioned on a Sony Fact Book ...

On April 8, 2008, Frank Miller, Inc. filed to protect the trademark Empire City in relation to a "series of comic books, over sized comic books and graphic novels, coloring books, fiction and nonfiction magazines and books in the field of leisure and entertainment". Frank Miller is an American comic book ...

On April 7, 2008, Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom Entertainment filed to protect the trademark Spyborgs in relation to a video game. The full filing covers: "computer game software, computer game cartridges, computer game cassettes, computer games pre-recorded on CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, computer game tapes, video game cartridges, software ...

On April 4, 2008, Microsoft Corporation filed to protect the trademark Microsoft Equipt in relation to the following: "computer software, namely, software for information management, creating spreadsheets, tables, graphs, and charts, and for organizing and analyzing data; computer software for word processing; computer software for creation and display of presentations including ...

On March 28, 2008, Destiny Hope Cyrus, also known as Miley Ray Cyrus, or her alter ego Hannah Montana, filed to protect the trademark Miley in relation to a variety of goods and services: Miley: "musical sound recordings, CDs, DVDs, tapes, discs, downloadable recordings and MP3 files; motion picture films; multimedia ...