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I'm very confused in regards of copyrighted names, some say you can copy right names, and then I read that you can only trademark names and copyright them ONLY if the book/movie is named after them...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:36:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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IamVeryCuriousIndeed
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2019-12-08T03:36:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm very confused in regards of copyrighted names, some say you can copy right names, and then I read that you can only trademark names and copyright them ONLY if the book/movie is named after them, and then I read that you can copyright names but not names itself, rather, the character as a whole. So to make it simpler for me to understand, if I had a big baddass orc, all strong, savage and dumb, full heavy armor, using a shield and a sword, and I were to name him Gandalf, would I get sued or would I get away with it? Also, can someone copyright or trademark names that they didn't create/invent?
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System
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2014-06-27T17:57:44Z (over 10 years ago)
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