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Totally off-topic now, but what was the lineage of the trademark for that that allowed New World to publish the seemingly unrelated tactical game Empire II? I impulse-bought that when I found it in a bargain bin and while it was fun enough for the small amount I paid, it was nothing at all what I was expecting from the name...



Turns out that the name "Empire" is not trademark-able. It's too generic, and/or I don't have Apple's lawyers to force the issue :-)




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