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SpaceDominator (24.30.39.1)	Blizzard Entertainment Awarded Court Order Upholding Diablo Trademark
Blizzard Entertainment can decribe everything much better then I can. =) IRVINE, Calif. - July. 10, 2001 - Blizzard Entertainment® announced today that a federal judge has granted a Preliminary Injunction motion against New Line Cinema, Corp., prohibiting the motion picture studio from advertising, promoting or releasing an upcoming motion picture under the name "Diablo," or under any other name that is likely to cause confusion with or likely to dilute Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo marks. This ruling prohibits New Line from using the mark Diablo in any form, whether used alone or in combination with any other words. Blizzard Entertainment owns a registered U.S. trademark for Diablo in connection with computer games. Blizzard also owns a pending U.S. intent-to-use trademark application for Diablo in connection with the production and distribution of motion pictures. The filing date of Blizzard's trademark applications was in 1996, more than four years before New Line Cinema began using its title "Diablo" to advertise and promote its upcoming film. So there you have it, no longer is Diablo allowed to be used in other forms of media. You can read the press release at this address to prove that I didn't just type all of that in. =) Thanks, SpaceDominator
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