War Z Creator Says His Game's Trademark Wasn't Suspended

Over the past few days, I’ve received tons of tips and e-mails about the trademark for controversial zombie game The War Z, which seems to have been suspended in November after a claim from Paramount, the studio behind World War Z.

Depending what the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office does next, the people behind The War Z could be forced to change the game’s name.

So I reached out to War Z creator Sergey Titov, who told me that he doesn’t think it’s suspended.

“This is our actual trademark,” he said, sending me a link to their trademark filing. “I assume what you see is one of the preliminary applications since it said that it suspended because other application exist.”

However, when I checked out the trademark status on the link he sent me, it took me to a listing that says the trademark has been suspended: “An Office action suspending further action on the application has been sent (issued) to the applicant.”

Titov hasn’t been able to clear up the discrepancy just yet.

“I’ve sent email to our lawyer who filed application and working with uspto to provide more details on all this,” Titov said, “so as soon as I’ll hear back I’ll forward you more details.”

I’ll keep you updated as Titov shares more information.

Originally written and published by Jason Schreier at Kotaku. Click here to read the original story.