relevant part of the trademark from Langdell outright in 2005. In the intervening years, Future claimed, Langdell had co-opted the magazine's logo as his own, and claimed to have been involved in the creation or publication of the magazine. The action succeeded in all claims, in a decision that described Langdell's own evidence as "invention", "incredible", "totally unconvincing", and "concocted".[43][44] In two lengthy missives sent to online games publications, Langdell indicated that he had lodged an appeal, placing the blame for his actions with Future and the responsibility for his loss with a "gullible" judge [45] who had made "almost 100 errors of fact and law".[46] Future, in turn, indicated that it had not been served with any new proceedings but had received permission to pursue contempt ofcourt proceedings against Langdell.[47]

In 2001, Edge sought revocation of Namco's United Kingdom trademark "Soul Edge" (for the arcade game Soul Edge) for reasons including an alleged similarity between the Edge and Soul Edge marks. The opposition failed on all grounds. Nevertheless, Namco had already decided to use the name 'Soul Blade' for the PlayStation version in the United States and Europe to avoid potential complications, with the name Soul Calibur being used on all sequels due to this.[48]

In March 2009, Cybernet Systems Corporation filed a lawsuit in Federal court against Edge.[49] In the suit, Cybernet states that they were contacted by Tim Langdell beginning in January 2009 and that he asserted his ownership of the term "Edge." The suit also alleges that Langdell asserted his right to have