Developer Shift Up and writer Sony are being sued by a movie manufacturing firm in Louisiana referred to as Stellarblade over the identify of the PlayStation unique Stellar Blade.
In keeping with IGN, Stellarblade and its proprietor, Griffith Chambers Mehaffey, are suing Shift Up and Sony, each for damages and to stop the identify from getting used additional. This consists of asking that they each cease utilizing the Stellar Blade identify or any related names, in addition to handing over all supplies of their possession with the identify “Stellar Blade” in order that they are often destroyed.
Within the lawsuit, Mehaffey claimed that he has owned the stellarblade.com area identify since 2006 and that the corporate began in 2010. Shift Up registered the identify Stellar Blade as a video-game-related trademark in January 2023, whereas Mehafffey registered his personal for Stellarblade in June. A month later, he then claimed to despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Shift Up.
Mehaffey additionally claimed that when prospects search for Stellarblade on the web, details about Stellar Blade now fully overtakes search outcomes. Moreover, he alleged that the “S” styling Stellar Blade’s emblem seems to be too much like his personal Stellarblade’s.
“Mr. Mehaffey registered the stellarblade.com area in 2006 and has used the STELLARBLADE identify for his enterprise for almost 15 years. Given this long-standing and public use, it is troublesome to think about that Shift Up and Sony had been unaware of Mr. Mehaffey’s established rights earlier than adopting their an identical mark,” Mehaffey’s lawyer mentioned in a press release to IGN.
They continued, “We consider in honest competitors, however when bigger corporations disregard the established rights of smaller companies, it is our duty to face up and defend our model. The defendants’ far superior assets have successfully monopolized on-line search outcomes for STELLARBLADE, pushing Mr. Mehaffey’s long-established enterprise into digital obscurity and threatening the livelihood he is constructed over greater than a decade.”
In GameSpot’s Stellar Blade assessment, we mentioned, “A robust battle system and thrilling moments make Stellar Blade extra than simply an imitator.” Shift Up can be contemplating each a PC port and a sequel sooner or later.