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I feel like this should be relatively fair-use under the guise of parody, right? Though I imagine the dev doesn't feel like going to court over it.
by AlphaWeaver 4y ago
I feel like this should be relatively fair-use under the guise of parody, right? Though I imagine the dev doesn't feel like going to court over it.
- myself248 4y agoGiven that a lot of people feel trapped in an IKEA store, I think that's pretty clear. I have no interest in the game, but I'd chip into a legal-defense fund for it.
- throwup 4y agoDefinitely. Brand name lookalikes are a longstanding tradition in media. See: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlandNameProduct https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlandNameProduct - dozens of subpages and hundreds of examples. If he took this to court he would absolutely win.
- Beldin 4y agoPerhaps, under US law. If the creator felt confident about that and only intended to sell this game in the USA, then perhaps a lawsuit could be worth it. Then again, the "parody" defense may require something more than "the setting is obviously a take on this trademark", something sufficient to label it "transformative". No clue what the legal standard for that is.
- nkozyra 4y ago> then perhaps a lawsuit could be worth it. Even in US law, no, there's no scenario wherein the lawsuit against IKEA would be worth ~$50k in revenue (not profit).
- Method-X 4y agoHe should take it to court. Great publicity for his game!