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Including the IP of the "mario" character?
by candydance 13y ago
Including the IP of the "mario" character?
- JonnieCache 13y agoI can't answer that, but my above point is the premise of the linked article. Nintendo is reaching disney-level reliance on their cartoon hero, (probably worse) so I wouldn't be surprised to see them becoming another copyright-extending villain over the coming decades as they struggle to survive with their seeming lack of creativity.
- stonemetal 13y agoArt yes, name probably not. I believe the name would be covered by trademark. Trademark allows for indefinite ownership.
- rejoinder 13y agoCan you really trademark a name such as Mario?
- arbitrage 13y agoIn the context of a video game character who happens to be a plumber from Brooklyn, yes.
- chinpokomon 13y agoAnd movie... or are we trying to forget that that was ever made?
- rejoinder 13y agoHoskins must have some plumbing fetish.
- stonemetal 13y agoSure, Apple has trademarked Apple. MS has trademarked Windows. Why not Mario? It would have to be limited in use to video games, electronic entertainment, or whatever the narrowest category for such things there is.
- panacea 13y agoWhat about "maroi"?