Dear players! The Valve has informed us, that they have received claims on behalf of 2K, Inc. that our games (Pre-Civilization Egypt, Pre-Civilization Marble Age) infringe 2K’s trademark for “Civilization.” And they have removed these games from the Steam store while this matter is under dispute.
We already contacted 2K representative regarding this mistake and we hope to resolve this issue soon. Why we think this is a mistake:
- We can’t find the registered trademark “Pre-Civilization” in attached XLS documents with registered 2K trademarks.
- In dictionaries and science literature it is an independent word meaning the time prior civilization (that exactly our games are about). http://www.yourdictionary.com/precivilization
- And we pointed out that for example Galactic Civilizations series may have the same problems with in future in this case.
We’ll keep you informed about this situation.
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