The future status of the Killer Instinct series is currently in doubt due to US Patent and Trademark Office denying Microsoft's recent attempts to renew the Killer Instinct trademark.
The patent office originally denied the first request on September 17 with an updated filling from November 29 once again denying the trademark.
The official reason given by the patent office was “likelihood of confusion” due to the categories the trademark was filed for conflict with one hold by Fox Television Studios.
The issue is due to one of the categories the trademark falls under called "entertainment services" is the same category tv shows fall under. It turns out Fox owns the trademark for the name from a 2005 filing which trumps the recent filing by Microsoft. The patent office also claimed since games can be based off of tv shows and movies, the trademark by Fox is stronger than Microsoft's.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...us-government/
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