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Latest Trends in Online Gaming and Trademark Issues

A trademark is a recognizable design, sign, or expression which identifies services or products of a particular source from other sources.

Game Developer, Staff

February 2, 2014

3 Min Read
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A trademark is a recognizable design, sign, or expression which identifies services or products of a particular source from other sources. A trademark owner can be a business organization, an individual or any legal entity. It may be located on a label, package, product or voucher.

People play games online like cricket games, flash games, starship, stunt bike games, candy crush saga etc. The popularity of online gaming has increased immensely and we find a variety of games all over the world. This craze is mostly found in teenagers. Playing games online is considered the best way to be entertained. Internet is the best tool for the avid players, children and youth. Gaming companies — many companies have come forward with more qualitative games for the players. Apart from varied ranges of games, online gaming companies are paying attention to the quality of the games offered to their customers. Online games are bringing a massive amount of revenue for the companies.

Gaming companies like Blizzard are effectively investing their royal revenue back into their games, instead of producing a bunch of different games and hoping one will take off. They believe in working on several elements of a single game this has become the strength of Blizzard. This technique has made Blizzard a huge success among the other online gaming companies.

Benefits of playing games online - there are many games available for players, they can be sure to find the cheapest and latest games online. They can play for free or may have to pay a small fee. Online games are far more fulfilling and less costly as compared to playing at a local casino; online poker is on such example. The environment of online games is the suitable and most appropriate place for beginners, to master the game.

No money have to be spent on instruction books and DVDs as online game sites are a great way to save money , as they provide all the required information .

Another benefit of online games is that the instructions can be repeated again, learning is at the players pace and wish. It will be like hiring a personal coach for advice and guidance for the next step. The players end up mastering the games and become experts in their games. They also win most of the games and end up earning money for themselves.

Gaming Companies Crushes Competitors for using Candy — addictive puzzle games Candy Crush Saga  is a huge success, it has been downloaded for more than 500 million times . People are allowed to explore the sweet and colorful world of Candy Crush in this fun candy switcher. This game is developed by King on April 12, 2012 for Facebook and smartphones .The creator has decided to protect his intellectual property by trademarking the word candy'. It is surprising that a company is venturing to claim ownership of a mere word as candy' it is far more surprising that the government agencies are willing to grant King Protection. This is a new step in the world of online gaming. This also for the protection of the people who play games online.

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