The channel

ah

He has had others for years yes. But that specific one he created about the same time

i imagine that tim likely hadn't thought of the name subverse knowing about a porn game though

I doubt either party knew about the others

I believe he said he had contacted them about the Patreon thing for a video

it could be a coincidence, but they definitely knew about Tim by the time they picked their name

Subverse is on patreon? (The game)? Its been on kickstarter for some time.

the creators of subverse were on patreon before

then they got banned, and tim covered that in a story

Ah so Tim knew they were called subverse, was this before he officially launched his new channel?

and he reached out for a comment, to which they replied something along the lines of "you make shitty jordan peterson videos"

no this was before they made subverse

They key tho. Comes down to who trademarked/copywrite the name first. In the end that's all the law will care about.

Or if it is

afaik the game holds the UK one, tim holds the US one

so he contacted them about it and asked them if they'd be willing to change their name for their US release

Then he canf control it in the UK, and can only affect the us one. If they didnt there as awell

to which they responded that he'll just have to get legal action involved

But as for a lawyer on retainer? Dude should have had one a while ago

yeah he has a lawer

Lawyers aren't cheap to keep on retainer.

but actually battling it in court is expensive

Even the cheap ones.

so he's not sure what to do

And filing for a trademark is also expensive.

yeah he wanted to file for a global trademark, but he can't afford it

Yea they are. They just get expensive when courts come up. And even then he makes quite a bit

I hope he sets up his own kickstarter

Also the law cares about USE of a trademark more than the exact filing.

it'd be the first one I'd back

Filing just makes it easier for you and may be necessary for certain legal action.

So if you have been using a trademark for a while it's not the end of the world just because you didn't file.

But yeah, what's really activated my almonds is how big of a dick the game company has been

alternatively, tim might just think to say, to hell with it, as traffic going towards the game would also potentially catch word of him

yeah, but the problem is that because it's a porn game, it scares away investors

Tbh he is the only one making a stink. No one else is reporting or cares.

To give an example, let's say someone decides to make a porn game called "Microsoft" featuring a game mechanic about ED and having a micropenis.

Yea cause his list of investors care about a porn game more than him bashing the sjws culture

does he even *have* investors?

You bet your ass Microsoft can sue them for trademark issues.