@[email protected] to PC [email protected] • 10 months agoAyaneo Flip is less Steam Deck and more Nintendo DSwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkAyaneo Flip is less Steam Deck and more Nintendo DSwww.pcgamesn.com@[email protected] to PC [email protected] • 10 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoI don’t think you can trademark an abbreviation just by itself, right? DS could stand for a multitude of things, so they would be hard pressed to try and prove how it couldn’t mean anything else but a (Nintendo) DS.
minus-squarePo Tay Toeslinkfedilink1•10 months agoI think the general likeness of the product and intended use plays a large part when it comes to lawsuits regarding trademarks etc… Consider this product: It’s a gaming console It’s dual screen It’s clamshell It has the abbreviation “DS” in their model name, hinting at dual screens. Compare that to a fictional product, an European rustbucket of a car: the Centaur Avante DS 340. Is not a gaming console Doesn’t have dual screen Is not clamshell Has the abbreviation “DS” in their model name, hinting at “Direct Steering” since it’s the model without powersteering. I think this product would be more at risk of being sued by Nintendo rather than the fictional car manufacturer…
I don’t think you can trademark an abbreviation just by itself, right? DS could stand for a multitude of things, so they would be hard pressed to try and prove how it couldn’t mean anything else but a (Nintendo) DS.
I think the general likeness of the product and intended use plays a large part when it comes to lawsuits regarding trademarks etc…
Consider this product:
Compare that to a fictional product, an European rustbucket of a car: the Centaur Avante DS 340.
I think this product would be more at risk of being sued by Nintendo rather than the fictional car manufacturer…