![]() Rather than roll over, I’m going to fight them in court.” Glowstick Entertainment CEO Vincent Livings stated on Twitter, “Monster Energy’s lawyers are coming after us right now, because Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals has the word ‘monsters’ in it. Suffice to say, Monster Energy’s legal team has no qualms with punching down. ![]() It’s exclusive to PC and currently caps out around 24 concurrent online players on any given day. If you haven’t heard of Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals before, you’re not alone. Monster Energy even successfully bullied the likes of Ubisoft into changing the name of its game Gods & Monsters to Immortals: Fenyx Rising. They’ve sued a small Ohio restaurant for using “monster” on its sign, a welding company in Georgia for using an “M” similar to their logo and once went after aquarium hobby forum MonsterFishKeepers. This isn’t Monster Energy’s first rodeo – the company, partially owned by CocaCola Corporation, is a notorious trademark bully. ![]() The demand letter is extensive, permitting the developer to maintain the game’s title but insisting that the “applicant shall not use or seek to register any trademark that includes the word MONSTER, or any variants thereof in connection with any goods or services.” The letter goes on to restrict similar words like “BEAST or UNLEASH” and forces Glowstick Entertainment to never use a green and white logo on a black background for any game they ever create. Monster Energy began making headlines for all the wrong reasons late last month when they sent out a legal demand letter to indie video game studio Glowstick Entertainment concerning their game Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals after they filed for the trademark “Monsters & Mortals.” ![]()
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