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minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·2 days agoDoesn’t the Tolkien estate tell them to stop?
minus-squareNikelui@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoCan you even trademark a made-up name if you’re not the creator?
minus-squaremholiv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoI think made up names are the easiest to trademark. No pre existing art by definition.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agosee: Tolkein Estate v. WoTC i’m sure that lawsuit exists over the word hobbit
Doesn’t the Tolkien estate tell them to stop?
Can you even trademark a made-up name if you’re not the creator?
I think made up names are the easiest to trademark. No pre existing art by definition.
Except for Tolkien book.
see: Tolkein Estate v. WoTC
i’m sure that lawsuit exists over the word hobbit