Netflix seeks protection from ‘Outlast’ trademark lawsuit by Montreal video game maker

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Netflix is asking the Federal Court to find that trademarks for ‘Outlast’ by Montreal-based Red Barrels is invalid to protect it against threats allegedly made by the video game developer for its use in the streaming company’s new survival series. Red Barrels developed a popular survival horror video game called Outlast in 2013 with a subsequent follow-up called The Outlast Trials coming this May. Netflix, meanwhile, launched a survival reality show called Outlast on its streaming platform this past Friday, in which 16 contestants try to outlast each other in the Alaskan wilderness for $1...