• @[email protected]
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    171 month ago

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

    • @SkunkWorkz
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      61 month 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
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        51 month 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…