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Trademarks are only within a field. If Disney wanted to open-source something and trademark its name, they'd have to get a new trademark
by anchpop 10y ago
Trademarks are only within a field. If Disney wanted to open-source something and trademark its name, they'd have to get a new trademark
- cooper12 10y agoThat didn't stop Whatsapp from using DMCA to get a GitHub repo removed: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/21/whatsapp-abused-the-dmca-to-ce.html http://boingboing.net/2014/02/21/whatsapp-abused-the-dmca-to.... The point I'm trying to make is that Disney's lawyers have already proven themselves to be snakes (or whatever is the vilest creature you can imagine) regarding their intellectual property. Giving them character names to work with would not be in developer's best interests, even if the original comment was meant to tongue-in-cheek.