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Surely there is some copyright infringement here?
by greenreptar 3y ago
Surely there is some copyright infringement here?
- metabagel 3y agoYou’re thinking trademark infringement. IANAL, but I wouldn’t worry about it. Worse comes to worst, you could rename it. That’s what Firefox did.
- benatkin 3y agoThe likelihood of confusion is low. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_trademark_law#Infringement:_likelihood_of_confusion_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_trademark_law#In...
- vetinari 3y ago"Marcel" is a common male name in some parts of the world. That would make a trademark infringement claim somewhat difficult.
- sebstefan 3y agoWhat's the other thing named Marcel?
- fdgjgbdfhgb 3y agoMarcel the Shell with Shoes On [1], a recent Oscar-nominated film [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_the_Shell_with_Shoes_On_(2021_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_the_Shell_with_Shoes_On...
- kwhitefoot 3y agoThat's in a completely different business. Trademarks generally do not cover all possible uses of a word, only the use of that word in the segment it was approved for.
- sebstefan 3y agoPlus that one doesn't have shoes.