Remedy Entertainment has said there is “nothing to see” regarding the recent reveal of a trademark dispute with Take-Two Interactive.
Earlier this week it emerged that Rockstar’s parent companyTake-Twohad filed its opposition to Remedy’s new logo, which was published in 2023 and featured a stylised ‘R’.
According to the grounds for opposition, Take-Two’s claim suggested “there exists a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public” betweenRemedy‘s new logo and one of Take-Two’s own trademark logos, specifically the logo of its subsidiaryRockstar Games.
“There is nothing to see here,” Remedy said in a statement to VGC. “This was a discussion between our teams that was resolved entirely and amicably late last year.
“Unfortunately, it took a little longer to complete than we had hoped due to some holiday scheduling. The legal filing was simply an initial formality, and Remedy and Take-Two continue to work together in partnership.”
The legal issue came as a surprise to some as Remedy is currentlyworking with Rockstar on remakes of Max Payne and Max Payne 2.
Remedy Entertainment and Take Two Interactive are in a trademark dispute over Remedy’s logo.Disputed Logo 1:https://t.co/wY29pyReIvDisputed Logo 2:https://t.co/oOlzd47usGpic.twitter.com/FuIMLRtBdj
Announced in April 2022, Max Payne 1 & 2 will be sold together as a single package and will be released onXbox Series X/S,PlayStation 5andPC. Both games will be use Remedy’s Northlight game engine, which was used forControlandAlan Wake 2.
Remedy sold the rights to the Max Payne brand to Take-Two in 2002 for $34 million. The Max Payne remakes have been made possible, then, due to an agreement between Remedy and Rockstar.
Rockstar will fund the remakes’ development budget, which will “be in line with a typical Remedy AAA game production”, and once Rockstar recoups its development, marketing and other costs Remedy then has an opportunity to earn royalties from subsequent game sales.
