• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    I say it every time, I am astounded the Tolkien estate allowed the use of the word Palantir…

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      7 hours ago

      If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.

      • Agrivar@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        So, if an arms manufacturer creates a functional Iron Man suit, is nothing stopping them from calling it Iron Man? I assume they wouldn’t be allowed to make it look exactly like the Marvel character, but comic books and the MIC are certainly in different fields…