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sure, your point supports mine. DOOM (tm) is different than Doom scrolling. Again, if the band Doom Scroll's logo was styled similarly enough to the DOOM(tm) w
by lbotos 5y ago
sure, your point supports mine. DOOM (tm) is different than Doom scrolling.
Again, if the band Doom Scroll's logo was styled similarly enough to the DOOM(tm) word mark, then there could be a case of trademark infringement because the point of a trademark is to protect the consumer so that you know that the brand you are buying from is actually the people you expect. It often doesn't feel that way because companies get overzealous and those cases are the ones we read about. Like the above.
Most people don't get upset when Lego group go after LEPIN: https://geekspin.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lepin.jpg https://geekspin.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lepin.jpg
If the Doom scroll logo is close enough to DOOM there could be a case here.
IANAL
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoI mean, sure, if the band copies the game in, say, a video, Id would have a separate case, but that's completely independent of the name. Just like with your Lepin example, Lego isn't going after them for their name, they're suing because the box and product design look exactly like a Lego box (WTF is "STAR WNRS" even supposed to mean?). Looking at just the name, Id might have a better case if the name was "DOOM Band" or something like that. But Doomscroll is taken from a word that doesn't even evoke the video game or even have anything to do with the same concept of "doom" that the game evokes.
- MonkeyClub 5y ago> (WTF is "STAR WNRS" even supposed to mean?) Violating two trademarks in one go would be too much? That would be my guess, and lifting Lego's format was just a convenience.