This trademark abandonment by Wizards of the Coast indicates that they have no interest in future DragonQuest publications.

Early in the series the Dragon Quest games were released under the title Dragon Warrior in North America to avoid trademark conflict with the pen-and-paper role-playing game DragonQuest.

This was due to Dragon Quests North American name being changed due to a trademark conflict with the role-playing game DragonQuest, which was published by Simulation Publications in the 1980s until the company's bankruptcy in 1982 and purchase by TSR, Inc., which then published it as an alternate line to Dungeons & Dragons until 1987.

Dragon Quests North American name had been changed due to a trademark conflict with the pen-and-paper role-playing game DragonQuest, published by wargame publisher Simulation Publications in the 1980s, until the company's bankruptcy in 1982 and purchase by TSR, Inc., which then published it as an alternate line to Dungeons & Dragons until 1987.

" The subtitle was TSR's attempt to secure the " Dragon Master " trademark that the company had recently applied for ( part of their plan to head off copycat titles with " Dragon " in the title, therefore " DragonStrike ," " DragonQuest ", etc .).

DragonQuest is a fantasy role-playing game originally published by Simulations Publications ( SPI ) in 1980.

Most DragonQuest players consider the revised second edition to be the best edition of the game, but many faithful players have been known to combine elements from all editions, creating their own version of the game.

Despite the game's relative obscurity and continued neglect by its copyright holders, the game continues to be played by DragonQuest devotees.

* DragonQuest, a role-playing game created by SPI

* The owl bear was also a card in the DragonQuest game ( 1992 ).

* DragonQuest ( role-playing game )

The magic system in DragonQuest is different from D & D in that there are distinct Magical Colleges, with each one carrying its own group of spells and rituals.

DragonQuest appeared in four editions: first edition and second edition, a revised second edition in conjunction with Bantam Books, and a third edition published by TSR when they acquired SPI.

The original working title for DragonQuest was " Dragonslayer " ( Ares Magazine # 2 ), but this had to be changed to avoid a conflict with Walt Disney's movie, Dragonslayer ( which was released by Paramount Pictures in North America ).

Where first generation fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons restricted players to particular character classes, DragonQuest was one of the first games to utilize a system that emphasized skills, allowing more individual customization and a wider range of options.

Any player character may choose to learn various skills in DragonQuest.

DragonQuest combat falls midway in complexity between D & D and systems such as Runequest or Harn.

At least one pre-written gaming module adventure was made for the DragonQuest system.

At this time, the company also attempted to tap into the growing popularity of role-playing games, with DragonQuest and Universe, responses to Dungeons & Dragons and Traveller respectively ; the term " Adventure Gaming " also replaced " Wargaming " in company advertising.

* H. G. Wells Award: Best Roleplaying Rules of 1980: DragonQuest

In a broader sense, many fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and DragonQuest were strongly influenced by Tolkien's works.

The company also produced licensed products for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Traveller, Chivalry & Sorcery, DragonQuest, Empire of the Petal Throne, Tunnels and Trolls, RuneQuest, Superhero 2044 and Villains and Vigilantes.

50 Cent has since registered the G-Unot trademark for himself which has in turn prevented The Game from using it anymore.

During the years of World War 2, his poor vision, which would lead later on in his career to his trademark black, horned-rimmed " Coke " bottle bottom thick glasses, prevented him from actively serving in the Canadian military.

The latter's parent company CKE Restaurants has in fact been prevented from opening stores in Canada under the Hardee's name due to a trademark dispute.

In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US.

Square Enix did not register the Dragon Quest trademark for use in the United States until 2002.

In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US, making the Dragon Warrior name obsolete.

In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US, with the intent to retire the Dragon Warrior name.

Beginning with Dragon Lord, he has included outtakes over the end credits for most of the films, including Project A, he has directed and they have become something of a Chan trademark.

On April 9, 2008, Square Enix applied for a trademark to the title " Chapters of the Chosen ", and speculation began that this is the new subtitle to Dragon Quest IV for an American Release.

In Dragon, Lee is challenged during an actual take during filming of The Big Boss, wearing the trademark rolled up long sleeve white T-shirt, white sash, and black pants.

In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US, making the Dragon Warrior name obsolete.

Following on the heels of the success of his design Dragon ( 1888 ), Fife adopted a stylized Chinese dragon as his trademark.

Although the series was originally titled Hero's Quest, Sierra failed to trademark the name.

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is the second video game in Sierra's Quest for Glory series, and the sequel to Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero ( following the renaming of the series over trademark issues ).

Quest, but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves Jota Quest ( jota being the Portuguese name for the letter j ).

Nintendo Power listed Super Mario Bros. 2 as the eighth best Nintendo Entertainment System video game, mentioning that in spite of not being originally a Mario game, it was able to stand on its own merits and its unique takes on the series ' trademark format.

The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons ( Emerson Radio Corporation had released a video game console named the Emerson Arcadia 2001 ).

The Japanese adult video studio Shuttle Japan registered the term " ぶっかけ / ＢＵＫＫＡＫＥ " as a trademark ( No. 4545137 ) in January 2001.

The term " bullet time " is a registered trademark of Warner Bros., who first used it in March 2005, in connection with the video game The Matrix Online.

On April 2009, Jaleco Holding changed again its name this time to Emcom Holdings, presumably to avoid confusion with Jaleco Ltd and to dissociate itself from a trademark that has long been associated to the video game industry.

As he wishes to stop people from reading his expressions during gambling-type games, he is always seen wearing sunglasses, a habit that has become his trademark in the video game community.

He is known for producing Japan's first major turn-based role-playing video game The Black Onyx, securing the rights to distribute Tetris on video game consoles where the game found popularity, and as the founder of The Tetris Company which licenses the Tetris trademark.

It uses the G4 trademark under license from NBCUniversal, and initially both channels shared a focus on technology and video game-related programming.

The video sees Betty Boo's trademark look resurrected and even features the ' Boosters ' - Betty Boo's backing dancers, who always appear with identical hair and outfits to Betty-and the Betty Boo spiral.

When political activist Abbie Hoffman was Griffin's guest in April 1970, CBS blurred the video of Hoffman so viewers at home would not see his trademark American flag pattern shirt even though other guests had worn the same shirt in the past, uncensored.

Gottfried read a section from the hit book Fifty Shades of Grey in a June 2012 YouTube video, which was created with the aim of using Gottfried's trademark voice to make fun of the book's graphic sexual content.

, released as Starwing in Europe and Australia due to a game of the same name and subsequent trademark issues in those regions, is the first game in the Star Fox series of video games, released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

When political activist Abbie Hoffman was Griffin's guest in April 1970, CBS blurred the video of Hoffman so viewers at home would not see his trademark American flag pattern shirt, even though other guests had worn the same shirt in the past, uncensored, and Pat Boone appeared in an automobile commercial on that very broadcast wearing a similar flag-motif shirt.

The latter name was used in home video game releases, due to legal issues ( according to the bonus material for Midway Arcade Treasures, Williams wanted to " make sure they could own the trademark " on the Defender name ).

It was also released as a single with a music video that featured Cocker ( as his alter ego, Darren Spooner ) in Western garb reminiscent of Billy Jack's trademark outfit.

Nditorei, Tarira Nguva, Shelter and Ndasukwa have become iconic anthems thanks to the combination of Shuvai's trademark vocals, Jonathan's production skills and creativity with video.

She was the stand out member of the duo winning the crowd over with her trademark dance move " Cat Scat " which is featured in the music video " U Got The Look " by Prince.

A cover version of their trademark epic 10-minute track " Green Grass and High Tides " is featured as the finale in the set list for guitar and bass in the video game Rock Band and features two complicated solos.

On May 25, 2004, three months after the game was cancelled, Mythic announced that the case was settled and that Microsoft agreed to not use the Mythica name on new online video games and to not register it as a trademark.

Releases are routinely used by photographers, in film production, by documentary filmmakers, or by radio and music producers when they photograph, film, video or record the voice or performance of individuals to be sure that the person consents or will not later object to the material being used for whatever purpose the releasee ( or anyone they may assign the release rights to ) wishes, i. e. that the releasee wishes to use the images, sounds or any other rendering that is a result of the recording made of the releasor ( or property owned by the releasor for which the releasor may claim some other right such as industrial design rights, trademark or trade dress rights ).

Flexplay is a trademark for a DVD-compatible optical video disc format with a time-limited ( usually 48-hour ) playback time.

Emerson began manufacturing and selling television and video products bearing the Emerson and G Clef trademark to U. S. retailers in 1999.