Subscribe to The Escapist! http://bit.ly/Sub2Escapist Escapist News Now with Andrea Rene Follow Andrea on Twitter @andrearene "CANDY" TRADEMARKED BY CANDY CRUSH MAKER (Escapist News Now) Around this time last year, free-to-play giant King.com filed a trademark for the word Candy with the U.S. trademark office. On January 15th it was approved. The maker of Candy Crush Saga now have rights to the word Candy as it pertains to video games and clothing. Other app creators are already getting notification from Apple that they will need to remove their app from the app store or suffer legal ramifications. Some indie developers are already feeling the heat from King regarding this trademark filing, and sadly, most of them don't have the funds to fight back legally and will end up having to change the name of their games. But it isn't just game makers that are getting notifications, as King's filing covers all types of clothing as well from hats to sandals to even ear muffs. It also includes educational services in the field of computer games. -------------------------------------- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EscapistMag Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheEscapistMag Find us Google+: http://bit.ly/EscapistGoogle Follow us on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/EscapistPins Check out our Merch: http://www.splitreason.com/theescapist