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Incidentally, the author of Kiki's Delivery Service mixed the two up and used the trademarked version instead of the generic one. When the anime was being made
by jrockway 3y ago
Incidentally, the author of Kiki's Delivery Service mixed the two up and used the trademarked version instead of the generic one. When the anime was being made several years later, someone decided to look into it, and found that they did not actually have permission to use the trademark. But, the owner of the trademark agreed to let them use it, so they didn't have to change the name of the anime adaptation.
Meanwhile, I'm off to write a book about people who google xeroxing kleenex.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago> But, the owner of the trademark agreed to let them use it, so they didn't have to change the name of the anime adaptation. And got free advertising / product placement in the process!
- tapotatonumber9 3y agobefore or after?
- Hamuko 3y agoDoes the black cat also derive from Kuroneko?
- tanjtanjtanj 3y agoYou don't strictly need the permission of a trademark holder for their trademark to appear in your creative work. It is generally done, but not required.
- kahirsch 3y agoIt's in the title of the work, though, which may be different than appearing in the work, though. And it's in Japan, where the law may be different from US law.
- qmarchi 3y agoDepends on the country that you're presenting the creative work. Japan specifically is known to be harsh on trademark enforcement. It's fairly common that unless you enforce your trademark, you have an extremely high chance of losing exclusivity.