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36-719: Don't Nod Entertainment SA (formerly traded as Dontnod Entertainment ) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. Founded in June 2008, it started development on Remember Me (2013). Because of its poor return on investment, Don't Nod entered "judicial reorganisation" in 2013. With the help of French agency funding, it developed Life Is Strange (episodically in 2015), whose successful release raised Don't Nod's industry status. It began third-party publishing with Gerda: A Flame in Winter in 2022. Dontnod Entertainment

72-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with

108-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In

144-527: A new intellectual property (IP) project codenamed "What if?" (later Life is Strange ) for 200 000€. On 28 January 2014, Dontnod filed for redressement judiciaire ("judicial reorganisation"), a form of receivership in France; the proceeding was finalised in February 2018. The proceeding filing was discovered by Factornews and some media outlets like Polygon reported it as Dontnod filing for bankruptcy as

180-653: A result of the poor sales of Remember Me . Dontnod responded to these reports explaining that they were in the process of "judicial reorganisation" to resize the company and denying bankruptcy. In June 2014, Dontnod announced that they were working with Square Enix Europe on a new game, which was announced as Life Is Strange that year and released in 2015 over the course of five instalments. The critical and commercial success of Life Is Strange caused Dontnod to be solicited by publishers, whereas they previously had to pursue publishers themselves. Guilbert said in April 2016 that

216-520: Is called a razón social . Autorit%C3%A9 des march%C3%A9s financiers (France) The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) ( English : "Financial Markets Authority") is the securities commission in France . The AMF is an independent public body that is responsible for safeguarding investments in financial instruments and in all other savings and investments, as well as maintaining orderly financial markets . France's first securities commission,

252-517: Is meant to kickstart its own universe, with Bloom & Rage as its first title and is slated for early 2025 release for the PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S. Trade name In a number of countries, the phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a )

288-424: Is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between a registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using

324-481: Is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as " is also sometimes used. A company typically uses a trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or

360-404: The 19th arrondissement to accommodate the company's growth in late 2008. The studio used Unreal Engine 3 for their first game, working with Epic Games' engineering team which leading to Epic extending Dontnod's UE3 evaluation and has since used the engine for all of its games. Dontnod's debut title was Remember Me , which would at first be a PlayStation 3 -exclusive role-playing game , but

396-683: The Commission des Opérations de Bourse  [ fr ] (COB, lit.   ' Exchange Transactions Commission ' ), was established in 1967 as part of the financial reform package promoted by Finance Minister Michel Debré . Its successive presidents included André Postel-Vinay  [ fr ] (1973-1974), Jean Donnedieu de Vabres  [ fr ] (1974-1980), Bernard Tricot  [ fr ] (1980-1984), Yves Le Portz (1984-1988), Jean Farge  [ fr ] (1988-1989), Jean Saint-Geours  [ fr ] (1989-1995), and finally Michel Prada (1995-2003). In 2003,

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432-466: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use

468-765: The COB merged with the Conseil des Marchés Financiers (CMF, lit.   ' Financial Markets Council ' ) and the Conseil de Discipline de la Gestion Financière (CDGF, lit.   ' Council for Conduct in Asset Management ' ) to form the AMF. The AMF was established by the Financial Security Act of 1 August 2003, as an independent public body with legal personality and financial autonomy, with

504-529: The French stock market regulator Autorité des marchés financiers to become a public company . This came after a turnover of €9.7 million in 2017, a 33-per cent increase from the previous year. The subscription period opened on 3 May 2018, with the first day of trading on 23 May. Listed on Euronext PME (Euronext Growth), Dontnod raised the intended €20.1 million. 25 per cent of the funds were spent on finding another studio to partner with; according to Guilbert,

540-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,

576-407: The business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from

612-520: The company would pursue a co-production strategy with future publishers, as was done for Vampyr , limiting their part to forty per cent. Each project begins with a designer , writer , and art director , with the occasional producer or engineer. Dontnod worked with Xbox Game Studios on Tell Me Why , a 2020 episodic adventure game. Also in 2020, Dontnod published its first self-owned IP, Twin Mirror co-developed with Shibuya Productions , which

648-534: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where

684-745: The duty of: It falls under the European regulatory umbrella of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Shareholders are required to notify their holdings to the AMF when their stake exceeds or falls below certain thresholds. According to the act of 26 July 2005, the lowest disclosure threshold is 5% (article l. 233-7 of the commercial code). Pursuant, the same article allows that companies can set additional notification thresholds in their articles of association. In July 2012, after Jacques Delmas-Marsalet took on

720-493: The interim presidency of the AMF, the competent parliamentary committees gave the green light to the appointment of Gérard Rameix as head of the AMF, replacing Jean-Pierre Jouyet. He was appointed Chairman of the AMF by a decree dated August 1. The successive chairs ( French : Président ) of the AMF have been: The role of chief executive officer, referred to as Secretary-General ( French : secrétaire général ), has been held successively by: This article about investment

756-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business

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792-399: The legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when a businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of

828-587: The mobile game sector. Dontnod stated in April 2021 they plan to expand their self-publishing capabilities to third-party publishing as well, with the first planned title from Copenhagen-based studio PortaPlay. In September 2021, Dontnod made their remote work policy (Fully Remote Organization scheme) permanent for all employees. On 31 May 2022, the company changed its name to Don't Nod. Its third-party publishing side released its first game, Gerda: A Flame in Winter in September 2022. Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

864-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of

900-529: The production cycle since releasing the five-year commitment Remember Me was reduced to two and a half or three years. "Dontnod Days" are maintained for unsupervised work related to ongoing projects. Dontnod announced in July 2016 that it had entered into a partnership with Hesaw, a Parisian game studio in which Guilbert also held a management role, that saw the latter renamed Dontnod Eleven but remained an independent entity. In April 2018, Dontnod registered with

936-403: The registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of the corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and

972-617: The rest would allow further project investment as well as improvement and optimisation of production pipelines, with an internal motion capture studio cited among possibilities. Despite Dontnod's public listing, Guilbert, together with investor Kostadin Yanev, intended to keep control over the company. Around this time, the company employed 166 staff members. The studio subsequently acquired Dontnod Eleven and absorbed its operations in June 2018. Dontnod released Vampyr with Focus Home Interactive , an action role-playing game , in June 2018. 70% of

1008-415: The studio had cast off the ambition of making triple A games and would only see themselves devoted to independent projects, in particular, original, narrative-driven intellectual properties, which narrative director Stéphane Beauverger agreed was "part of Dontnod's DNA". The company's guiding principle is to reinvent itself with every game. For the sake of maintaining the motivation of players and publishers,

1044-561: The studio's 120 employees (in 2016) were devoted to the development of Vampyr , many of whom had worked on Life Is Strange . The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit , set within the Life Is Strange universe, released in June 2018. Dontnod started developing Life Is Strange 2 in early 2016, after its predecessor proved financially successful, release episodically between September 2018 and December 2019. In 2018, Guilbert said

1080-459: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who

1116-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file

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1152-466: Was dropped by publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2011 on account of cuts in funding. It was presented at Gamescom the same year to attract another publishing deal; the following year, Capcom Europe acquired the rights and reimagined it as an action-adventure game , released in June 2013. In 2013, Dontnod was the most subsidised studio with 600 000€ aid by the French agency Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC). Including aid for

1188-513: Was founded by Hervé Bonin, Aleksi Briclot, Alain Damasio , Oskar Guilbert and Jean-Maxime Moris on 1 May 2008, alongside other former Criterion Games , Ubisoft and Electronic Arts staff. "Dontnod" is a palindrome devised by co-founder Alain Damasio . Originally based in Quartier des Quinze-Vingts in the 12th arrondissement , the studio moved into a new office in Quartier de la Villette in

1224-553: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In

1260-551: Was originally published by Bandai Namco Entertainment . A subsidiary studio in Montreal , Canada, was announced in May 2020, adding to its more than 250 employees in France. In January 2021, Dontnod announced that Tencent had acquired a minority stake in the company for €30 million , granting the option to appoint a member to their board. The investment will allow Dontnod to continue self-publishing their titles and expand into China and

1296-492: Was released in June 2023. As a part of the Xbox Games Showcase held on 11 June 2023, Don't Nod announced an action puzzle game Jusant to be released in late 2023. At the 2023's The Game Awards , Don't Nod revealed the narrative adventure video game, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage . It is being developed by Don't Nod Montréal, with members of the original team that made the first Life is Strange game. The game

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