Company News Fargo wants Wasteland back?

[Ausir]

Tags: Brian Fargo; InXile Entertainment; Wasteland 2

Brian Fargo, former founder and head of Interplay, who has now founded a company "InXile" (In Exile), and recently acquired the Bard's Tale license, now wants to get another Interplay classic. Here's a snip from US patent office:
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<ul>Serial Number: 78262017
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Mark (words only): WASTELAND
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Current Status: Newly filed application, not yet assigned to an examining attorney.
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Date of Status: 2003-07-07
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Filing Date: 2003-06-13
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CURRENT APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S)
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1. inXile Entertainment, Inc.
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Address:
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inXile Entertainment, Inc.
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2727 Newport Blvd., Suite 100
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Newport Beach,, CA 92663
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United States
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State or Country of Incorporation: Delaware
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Legal Entity Type: Corporation
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Phone Number: 949-675-3690
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Fax Number: 949-675-3654</ul>
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Good luck with giving us Wasteland back! And remember, Turn Based is the key .
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Spotted this at <a target=_blank href=http://www.duckandcover.net>Duck and Cover</a>.

 

[Ultron]

One of my first RPGs (that had RPG weapons, ironically)....I played it on my college roommates Apple 2e...I'd love to see a new version. I don't know much about Fargo...I'd be more comfortable with Troika doing it. Will inXile have a Fat Cam? :shock:

 

[Ausir]

Well, Fargo was on the original design team. The Troika people were not.

 

[Walks with the Snails]

Where do you think Faran Brygo came from?

 

[Greenskin13]

Fantastic! I'm starting to put a lot of faith into the future of InXile.

 

[Montez]

Where do you think Faran Brygo came from?

Las Vegas?

 

[Sabotai]

I'm a bit confused. How exactly does this work? If I understand correctly, InXile has filed an application with the patent office to get the name Wasteland back. To me it seems this is not a regular buy of the name Wasteland. I was under the impression that EA owned the Wasteland rights. Is the application with the patent office needed to buy the name and setting "Wasteland" back from EA, or is this a different procedure in which IneXile tries to acquire the Wasteland rights against EA's wishes?

Also CURRENT APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S) on the form is very confusing. How can you be both applicant and owner. Or is the information shown in this thread incomplete?

 

[Montez]

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