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THQ Sues Activision Blizzard Over Baja Box Art

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Publisher THQ has sued fellow publisher Activision Blizzard, claiming the box art for Activision's Score International Baja 1000 is too similar to that of THQ's Baja: Edge of Control.

"Activision's impending use of packaging art [for its game] ... is likely to confuse, cause mistakes or deceive the public into believing that the Activision Game originates or is sponsored or approved by THQ, when in fact it is not," claims the lawsuit, which was acquired by Edge Online.
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Deviant - 407 days ago
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did Nintendo sue MS for avatars
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ZidaneNL - 406 days 23 hours ago
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Actually, MS said that they were earlier with the avatars!
Not that I believe that, but anyway... >.>
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IzKyD1331 - 406 days 21 hours ago
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it's THQ, they're pretty desperate for a quick buck
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ZidaneNL - 407 days ago
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Did EA sue Valve or the other way around?
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They do have their similarities... *DUH* But I believe we call this nitpicking! ... LAME! There are other ways to earn money THQ...
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pwnsause - 406 days 20 hours ago
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true story.
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IzKyD1331 - 406 days 18 hours ago
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lmao bubbles
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nos4speed - 406 days 20 hours ago
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who is it going to confuse?? its not like anyone is going to actually consider buying either of these games.....i seen the textures and nearly cired....
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NaiNaiNai - 406 days 19 hours ago
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to me they look nothing alike, >.> but then again im comparing everything not just looking at the simple things, like "BAJA". just sad, that they have to sue over something like this.
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andron666 - 406 days 17 hours ago
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6 - They look suspiciously alike...
But then who cares about these two games.
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