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10-07-2009, 09:46 PM | #9411 |
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Yeah, I never understood the trademark issue. Don't most Joe characters share names with Transformers characters?. Renewing the one trademark should effectively renew both shouldn't it?
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10-08-2009, 08:36 AM | #9412 |
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I would love to see an updated Big Ben. I guess all the ARAH based figures going forward will only appear in 7 packs. I guess we never know who they will add to the POC line. Aren't we getting WET-Down? That guy is pretty random. Roll-Bar. I guess we'll probably get the Venom vs Valor guys and Spy Troops as there is probably no copyright problems with names. I mean we got Kamakura now.
My guess for the next random guy to appear in the POC line- Doubleblast!
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10-08-2009, 08:38 AM | #9413 |
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Actually, having more than one character with the same name can act to dilute your trademark, which is probably why the TF character is now Shockwave and the Joe is now Shockblast.
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10-08-2009, 08:38 AM | #9414 |
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Fogger1138 is the guy who can explain about Copyrights. I honestly have no idea how all that stuff works; it confuses and frustrates me when they give an classic character a new name like Shockblast or Dataframe.
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10-08-2009, 08:39 AM | #9415 |
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It really irritates me that the TF character got to keep the name and the Joe character had to get a new name.
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10-08-2009, 08:44 AM | #9416 |
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This thread has been around for almost a year and this is the first time I've ever been motivated enough to click on it.
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10-08-2009, 08:46 AM | #9417 |
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Motivated, or brave? ;)
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10-08-2009, 08:56 AM | #9418 |
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There's a couple problems with the trademarks around the old character names:
Wikipedia has a pretty good entries on trademark and trademark distinctiveness that I'd recommend checking out: Trademark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trademark distinctiveness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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10-08-2009, 09:14 AM | #9419 |
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10-08-2009, 09:43 AM | #9420 |
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I know I read in one of the IDW comics that they answered a fan question about Roadblock to Heavy Duty and why Resolute seemed to solve the problem but the toy line has not.
They seem to indicate that it is not solved however. Perhaps there are different rules for different mediums? Hey I don't mind getting new characters. Sometimes the codenames are lame though. I wonder how much money they spend researching names they like to use? Although I would think that Roadblock should not be an issue. |
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