几个月之前，IceFrog在他的
DotA官方网站上表示自己正在Valve带领一个团队，开发“一些你们大家都会非常喜爱的东西”，而之后关于IceFrog要在Valve公司重新制作Dota的消息已经很久没有听到了！ 前天，发布了IceForg正在Valve公司主持制作Dota2的传闻，今天这条传闻进一步得到了证实。
DOTA官方汉化组成员Aegis刚刚在自己的腾讯微博上发布了一条重磅消息：VALVE公司正式将DOTA注册为商标！这意味着由IceFrog本人亲自操刀制作的新Dota将登陆Valve公司的Steam平台。这家老牌游戏公司同IceFrog将擦出怎样的火花？新的Dota又将带给全球玩家怎样的惊喜？敬请留意我们为您带来的Dota2最新消息。
消息原文:
It seems things start to get serious here. After the
recent tweets about DotA from the Duke Nukem voice actor, recently Valve has just filled
the trademark application for 'DOTA'. This step is a must if IceFrog and Valve want to continue using DotA as their
new game title and don't wanna have trouble with the copyright or legal issues. And looking on how DotA word is already spread and really popular (it might be more popular than Warcraft III itself), this move will put them in advantage compared to the other DotA-like games (League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, ect).
If
you wanna see the details about the trademark application, check it out on
USPTO:
Mark 'DOTA'
Standard Character claim: Yes
Current Status: Newly filed application, not yet assigned to an examining attorney.
Date of Status: 2010-08-10
Filing Date: 2010-08-06
LAST APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S) OF RECORDValve CorporationAddressValve Corporation
10500 NE 8th St Ste 1000
Bellevue, WA 980044359
United States
Legal Entity Type: Corporation
State or Country of Incorporation: Washington
Phone Number: 509.241.1502
Fax Number: 509.232.2112
Date applied: August 10 2010
International Class: 009
Class Status: Active
Computer game software; Electronic game software; Video game software
Honestly, this is a really smart move. Even though the current DotA is a Warcraft III custom map, the word 'DOTA' itself is not yet a
trademark (please correct me if i'm wrong) and has a very high commercial value. I think it won't be hard for Valve (with IceFrog support) to get the approval for this application. Well, let's see what'll happen on the next day. Stay tune on DotA-Blog for more news!
PS: Maybe this is the reason why IceFrog change the latest map name from DotA-Allstars, into only DotA.
