King, the makers of Candy Crush, are assuring people that they do not intend to pursue any actual action against The Banner Saga. Instead, apparently due to the inner workings of trademark/copyright law, they would have a harder time pursuing future claims if they did not currently oppose every use of the word they see now, legitimate or not.

Their application to trademark the words Candy and Saga still stand however. ‘Cause, you know, they want to be the ones to decide who can use them.