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[frankfrost2]

Stupid question: What does trademarked mean? And what happens to words that are trademarked?

Sorry, im clueless.

To trademark something basically means you own a certain word or phrase, and other companies within your industry. So, Windows is trademarked. I can't create a new computer company named Windows or use their logo, or I'll get sued by Windows for a lot of money.

So, King wants to trademark "Candy" and "Saga" so no other video game company can use their phrases, despite there being game series that have been around much longer use those phrases. That could affect such famous series as SaGa, that has been around since the late 80s and has well over 10 games released with in it.

I doubt it will go through, but it's pretty crazy to even try. I hope King studios loses this, goes bankrupt, and Candy Crush dies forever.

Is it only video game titles with candy or saga in it that will have problems?

I mean, candy is bad enough. Saga is in a lot of video game names.