Valve Filled the DotA Trademark
It seems things start to get serious here. After the recent tweets about DotA from the Duke Nukem voice actor, recently Valve has just filled the trademark application for 'DOTA'. This step is a must if IceFrog and Valve want to continue using DotA as their new game title and don't wanna have trouble with the copyright or legal issues. And looking on how DotA word is already spread and really popular (it might be more popular than Warcraft III itself), this move will put them in advantage compared to the other DotA-like games (League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, ect).If you wanna see the details about the trademark application, check it out on USPTO:
Mark 'DOTA'
Standard Character claim: Yes
Current Status: Newly filed application, not yet assigned to an examining attorney.
Date of Status: 2010-08-10
Filing Date: 2010-08-06
LAST APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S) OF RECORD
Valve Corporation
Address
Valve Corporation
10500 NE 8th St Ste 1000
Bellevue, WA 980044359
United States
Legal Entity Type: Corporation
State or Country of Incorporation: Washington
Phone Number: 509.241.1502
Fax Number: 509.232.2112
Date applied: August 10 2010
International Class: 009
Class Status: Active
Computer game software; Electronic game software; Video game software
Honestly, this is a really smart move. Even though the current DotA is a Warcraft III custom map, the word 'DOTA' itself is not yet a trademark (please correct me if i'm wrong) and has a very high commercial value. I think it won't be hard for Valve (with IceFrog support) to get the approval for this application. Well, let's see what'll happen on the next day. Stay tune on DotA-Blog for more news!
PS: Maybe this is the reason why IceFrog change the latest map name from DotA-Allstars, into only DotA.
first blood!
ReplyDelete:) looking forward for new DOTA
ReplyDeletei hope I CAN PLAY IT WITH MY OLD COMPUTER
ReplyDelete@EVIL_DISCO, I hope you do, I had problems like that too xDD
ReplyDeleteAlief, YOU ROCK! I'd be lost without your blog, it really brings the news fast. I agree that it's a smart move from Valve, and if DotA(DOTA) continues the way as it has so far, then LoL and HoN don't stand a chance!
does that mean we are going to pay...?
ReplyDeleteamazing..
ReplyDeleteI am excited!!=D
ReplyDelete>does that mean we are going to pay...?
ReplyDeleteI'm, actually, looking forward to it.
i hope they will integrate it on Steam w/ Achievements coz Garena sucks!
ReplyDeletewhen is the release date?
ReplyDeleteis it pay 2 play like hon?
ReplyDeleteDotA will be corrupted if Valve taking over. If the model of the hero same as DotA, Blizzard can do something because it is their copyright. Blizzard suppose collaborate with IceFrog to improve the graphic and gameplay. If there is StarCraft why Blizzard don't want take the gold chances with DotA. Such a wasted, these taking over its like another game making such LoL or HoN.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure their bastard corporation gonna make us pay to play...
ReplyDeleteagree with Muhammad Noor
ReplyDeleteYou can't put a price tag on DotA. If IceFrog is also working on this, then nobody should complain, it will just make the game better, unlike HoN or LoL who just took DotA and placed it in a different package.
ReplyDeleteI played HoN and LoL. When I played these game, I think DotA is still the best. What valve is doing is making another HoN or LoL. Now there are many games alike DotA. These are tearing DotA player to move to another different and better engine. Sooner or later the originality of DotA will fade or worst could be is die. BTW i don't mind if its free or Purchase version but mostly people like it free, right? :)
ReplyDeleteSo i don't want to say much. What i can say to IceFrog is good luck on what his doing and for all please support the DotA community.
I played HoN too, and I believe that DotA is still better, but this way, DotA will become a trademark, and HoN won't be able to copy it anymore.
ReplyDeletei dont want to pay but i want to play...icefrog i'm counting on u...dont make them make it pay..
ReplyDeleteWhen will it be release?
ReplyDeletei hope we don't pay
ReplyDeletedota name wll down in world, if it gonna pay to play.
ReplyDeleteif it pay.. we must have demo !!
ReplyDelete99.999% we are gonna pay..........if not why valve want that name so bad??? it is doing business..........sadly
ReplyDeletefree is good
plssssssssssss
[quote]PS: Maybe this is the reason why IceFrog change the latest map name from DotA-Allstars, into only DotA. [/quote]
ReplyDeleteNot really, but maybe I wrong. Check dota-allstars website. Its closed.
haih...gonna pay for it rite :D the recent dota is better lo :D
ReplyDeletei hope we can play on lAN with this new DOTA on Valve.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that we have to pay . Many players will quit dota if they are gonna make us pay ..
ReplyDeletesure why..not but it should be free ...
ReplyDeletei think dota will be good wherever it goes if icefrog is on it.. hes by far the most astounding logic based mind. his reasoning for each aspect of the game dota itself is great. some game just go for the graphic.. avalon heroes for instance.. it has lotsa graphic,, but its soo shallow. the ultimate skill for each character is almost the same that it made me sad seing how the game is ripping off money from other paying player..i wont mind paying if its as good as the current dota, heck ill throw in some extra cash if the game's graphic is updated ! jus keep up the good work dude!!
ReplyDeleteSo annoying! If we must pay! But like HON, maybe there is a local server. So we don't gonna pay. It's free. In Indonesia, there is local server like indogamers, not international. Hope can be like that too.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, if this "DotA" is not free. Other people might as well play TFT. I mean come on. How about those people who doesn't have the money to pay for it but has the money to play free. Icefrog is in it so it might as well be free. Whatever happens. I just wish that DotA would be still as famous and as worldly played as it is today when it is done.
ReplyDeleteIs there any new news about valve's dota?
ReplyDeleteDOTA means Dawn Of The Ancients :-).
ReplyDeleteREALLY IMPORTANT, THERE SHOULD BE A BLOG POST ABOUT THIS:
ReplyDeletePendragon and Guinsoo split ways with Icefrog. Reason? Pendragon and Guinsoo wanted to commercialize DotA; They made League of Legends. Icefrog didn't.
Look at this now! Suddenly he is in a project with Valve for making a new DotA game, which will most certainly be a regular game you pay for.
To make things worse, Icefrog has been secretly working for S2 Games, in other words, Heroes of Newerth since the game's start!
All in all, Icefrog is... A lying, hypocritical and double crossing bastard. Yay.
you motherfucking nerd! dota is gonna be pay per play and all you have to say is 1st blood?
ReplyDeleteLOL, FOR ME THERE SHOULD BE A LAN AVAILABLE FOR VALVE DOTA BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO PAY TO PLAY
ReplyDeleteso many retards here... if you dont want to pay - just play regular warcraft 3 dota
ReplyDeleteanyways, it wont cost more than 30$ (cuz thats how much HoN costs) and 30$ is really cheap for a video game (a GREAT video game)
They gonna make it more expensive i bet cos the name is DOTA compared to other games such as HoN and LoL
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS WHAT I'M ABSOLUTELY AFRAID >> if DotA pay 2 play.. our younger generation (kids) of DotA will GONE and slowly.. THERE ARE NO PURE BORN OF HIGH SKILLED, PROFESSIONAL, AND REAL OTAKU DOTA PLAYERS.. DOTA WILL FULL OF OLD AGING NOOBS.. DOTA WILL GONE
ReplyDeleteWhy not make it DooTA? in my country there's a dialect that use this word DooTA which means "Push" (Taken from Cebuano dialect) im noob though.
ReplyDeleteI do not care if its P2P or free ,i have not played for 6 months now but i keep track of news regarding dota...i am hoping for only 1 thing now , i hope Icefrog will get a shit load of money no matter what happens, you my Sir deserve it more than any1 in the world of games for giving us so much joy and keeping us on our toes all this time with your amazing updates.A lot of people do not realize that that dota is not a game its not a wc3 custom map and for sure is not Hon ,Lol etc... ICEFROG IS DOTA and without him ...no words ...Best regards from [SA] and all of its members
ReplyDeleteWell... Valve developed counter-strike. Yes, it`s p2p, and yet it`s so full of private servers and no-steams everywhere that it doesn`t matter much. Hell, even warcraft 3 TFT has a private for every country in the world. Hope Icey will turn DotA accessible and popular tough. If it`s launched i am most probably going to play, private or not.
ReplyDeletei hope itll have lan function unlike sc2 which really sucks hard without lan if we cant play with our friends locally without the need of going online.....
ReplyDeleteHow many of use managed to get a free-cracked version of Wc3 + Frozen Throne JUST to play DotA? And at the same time free online servers emerged mainly for the cracked version's of wc3.
ReplyDeleteI'm confident that the same will happen if Valve's DotA is P2P
i don't think it will be a commercial p2p game. It will be more like, "buy a copy 2 play" game. like CS and left 4 dead..
ReplyDeleteYap it will still be a lan and a garena game. Looking forward to it since there are swarms of pirate sites out there and valve always made games with a full package character. (semi 3d)
Looking for akasha's naughty bits, if you know what i mean. /gg