Finally, King has been able to settle the trademark disputes regarding the words “candy”
and “saga.” These disputes were on with a couple of small studios and now have been
settled up. One of them is Stoic Studios, developers of The Banner Saga, who released a
statement stating that they “have come to a joint agreement with King regarding Stoic’s
The Banner Saga trademark and it enables both the parties to protect their respective
trademarks now and in the future as well.”
Many other studios have also been able to settle it up with the makers of Candy Crush.
The makers of CandySwipe also released a statement saying, “We are happy to announce
that we have been able to resolve the dispute with King over the CandySwipe trademark
and that we are withdrawing any opposition to their mark and they are withdrawing their
counterclaim against ours.”