Take-Two Interactive, which owns it Grand Theft Auto 6 Developers Rockstar Games and Remedy Entertainment do more together than just make Max Payne And Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Remakes. Both companies are also engaged in a trademark dispute in the United Kingdom over the use of the letter “R,” as first reported by the gaming website RespawnFirst.
Rockstar Games rejects Remedy Entertainment’s new logo submitted to the UK Intellectual Property Office And European Union last year. Remedy Entertainment introduced the new logo in April (before trademark applications were filed in the EU, UK, etc.). US) and changed it from an “R” with a spherical counter in an oval to a simpler “R” made up of several letter parts. “The ball in the letter R in the old logo represented the Max Payne era, but The Remedy of today is much larger than a single game; “We have a whole portfolio of new and old games,” said Remedy Entertainment’s communications director Thomas Puha wrote at the time.
But Take-Two Interactive argues that the new logo is too “Confusion from the public” the filing says because it’s too close to the Rockstar Games logo — an “R” with a small star on the leg of the letter — that was presented as evidence. Take-Two Interactive has formally lodged an objection in both the EU and the UK, while the US application is still awaiting review.
The EU procedure should take place in September 2025 at the earliest, according to The Verge, but given their relationship on the Max Payne games, it’s likely that the two companies would resolve the matter beforehand. It’s a bit awkward to publish something Max Payne And Max Payne 2 makes remakes together while arguing over the letter “R.”
A spokesperson for Remedy Entertainment declined to comment on the trademark dispute.
Take Two Interactive does Have experience in trademark disputes; Take-Two filed an objection against Hazelight Studios and Electronic Arts It takes two in 2021, which eventually led to Hazelight and EA Abandon the brand. Like in the It takes two In this case, Take-Two Interactive isn’t necessarily requesting that Remedy Entertainment change its logo – but it doesn’t want the company to be able to trademark it.
The company is fairly aggressive in protecting its trademarked words and logos; It was also recorded by the BBC and the security company Pinkertonamong many others.
