Editing Take-Two Interactive (section)

==Litigation==
Take-Two has used [[trademark dilution]] complaints to prevent other publishers and developers from registering trademarks comparable to Take-Two's own trademarks, such as blocking trademark registration that involve "rockstar", "bully", "2K", and the capital letter "R".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weatherbed |first=Jess |date=2024-01-16 |title=Rockstar Games' owner is fighting Remedy Entertainment over its new 'R' logo |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/16/24040179/take-two-rockstar-games-remedy-entertainment-logo-trademark-dispute |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Take-Two slammed by game devs after 'R' logo results in "absurd" Rockstar lawsuit |url=https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/take-two-slammed-by-game-devs-after-r-logo-results-in-absurd-rockstar-lawsuit-2882105/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref> The publisher filed a dispute against [[Hazelight Studios]] to block its attempt to trademark ''[[It Takes Two (video game)|It Takes Two]]'', due to the similarity of its name to Take-Two's. Hazelight was forced to abandon the trademark application, making it more difficult to promote the game.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coulson|first1=Josh|title=Take-Two Targets It Takes Two In Latest Wave Of Trademark Disputes|url=https://www.thegamer.com/take-two-it-takes-two-trademark-dispute|website=TheGamer|access-date=December 1, 2021|date=December 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of trademark disputes relating to Take-Two Interactive|url=https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pnam=Take-Two%20Interactive%20Software,%20Inc.|publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Phillips|first=Tom|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-03-josef-fares-it-takes-two-hit-by-take-two-trademark-claim|title=Josef Fares' It Takes Two hit by Take-Two claim|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=December 3, 2021|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref>

Take-Two has also been active in blocking the release of [[Grand Theft Auto modding|mods for ''Grand Theft Auto'' games]]. While some of these mods had used assets from the original games and gave valid reason for Take-Two to protect its copyrights, other mods that Take-Two had targeted were made from legal [[reverse engineering]] of the game, making Take-Two's claims contentious. Take-Two has clarified that it had no issue with mods intended for single-player games that were legally made, but would take action against other types of mods.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rockstar-is-talking-with-openiv-developer-issues-new-statement-on-mods/ | title = Rockstar is talking with OpenIV developer, issues new statement on mods | first = Christopher | last = Livingstone | newspaper = PC Gamer | date = 23 June 2017 | accessdate = 19 July 2021 | archive-date = 18 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210718215105/https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rockstar-is-talking-with-openiv-developer-issues-new-statement-on-mods/ | url-status = live}}</ref>