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Under this recent HN post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2917761 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2917761 is a discussion about how CBS is not supposed
by mikecane 15y ago
Under this recent HN post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2917761 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2917761 is a discussion about how CBS is not supposed to be able to do that. Comments begin here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2918834 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2918834
- nkassis 15y agodoesn't really explain much. One of the comment claims it's not copyrighted but why?
- jarin 15y agoFrom what I understand, you can't copyright the name of a fictional device. You can trademark the name, but according to Trademarkia there are no active trademarks on it right now.
- starwed 15y agoFrom TFA: >It's apparently the graphical design that's at issue, not the name.
- jrockway 15y agoGraphical design is not copyrightable, although the images used in making it might be.
- stretchwithme 15y agoEven if there were design patents, the originals would likely have expired by now.
- nkassis 15y agobut copyright last a long time, Apple couldn't copyright their UI design so I guess this shouldn't be able to be copyrighted either but you never know.