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Blizzard’s Overwatch May Be Blizzard’s Something Else

Jan 13, 2015 at 09:12PM

Blizzard’s attempt to snag a trademark for its upcoming shooter Overwatch has gone a bit awry. Turns out the US Patent Office was on overwatch for stuff with the same name, and put up a roadblock when it discovered that a paintball system had filed for ‘Overwatch’ before the Warcraft folk got there.

I did a tiny bit of contract work on the iPhone Overwatch.