Today we received a very interesting information via an email that reaches our hands. email came from one of the names of Cihan Turan via Gmail. According to the Iddia, one of the most important productions of Ea, the Apex Legends game has registered its patent in Turkey on its own. There is also a confirmation given by Turkish Patent and Brand Authority in the visuals it offers.
EA has not received the patent of Apex Legends brand in Turkey
For the registration process in the incoming e-mail, it is stated that the approval also comes from 12 October 2022. A month after the approval of the patent, the EA who noticed the situation after a month, communicates with Cihan Turan to give up this patent through their attorneys. Turan’s name is to say that they want to use for their own projects, they also indicate that they may be able to compromise on this matter. Even if they write on the
e Mail, we’ve done the query process through the institution to question the accuracy of the information. The results that we see were correct.
Once the registration is completed, it can be objected within a three-month period (according to a description in the Turkish Patent and Brand Authority, it is necessary for a two-month period after 2017. For this reason, we don’t really make sure how long it is necessary to do in it. A objection made before a day before the end of the period is located on the website of the institution. We probably think that if it’s not explained to be made a objection by the EA.
Similar attempts to the games were made earlier. Two different applications made for God of War brand were cancelled later by the patent institution and the rights were devised to Sony.
We do not know if there is a result from that matter, but Cihan Turan says that this topic will be followed by, Turkey understands with one of the important attorney firms. It’s very early to comment at this point. But we will follow the process.
Apex Legends is among the most played games in the world. In April 2021, the EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen stated that the revenues of the game exceeded $1 billion. The game has a lot of followers in Turkey.