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Minecraft is a trademark. You can't make references to it from your own work. Feel free to research mojangs history and intellectual property laws. You don't ha
by devwastaken 3y ago
Minecraft is a trademark. You can't make references to it from your own work. Feel free to research mojangs history and intellectual property laws. You don't have rights, only privledges given temporarily by the corp. They can choose to C&D whenever they like.
- poizan42 3y agoYou can totally reference a trademark without infringing on it, see Nominative Use / Nominative Fair Use[1]. Whether or not a usage falls under Nominative Use is ultimately up to a court to decide. Of course a company can send C&D letters whenever they like, that doesn't mean it's going to hold up in court. With all that said I have never heard about Mojang or Microsoft sending C&D letters over someone giving their project a name vaguely referencing Minecraft. Do you actually have any examples, because when I google Mojang and C&D I only get examples of Mojang receiving C&D letters, not sending them. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use