Comment on WWE wants to trademark the term 'Vice City'.
BucketBong@p.hobo.social 3 weeks ago
Hahahahahahahahah good fucking luck with that WWE, you’re big, but you’re not rockstar big.
Comment on WWE wants to trademark the term 'Vice City'.
BucketBong@p.hobo.social 3 weeks ago
Hahahahahahahahah good fucking luck with that WWE, you’re big, but you’re not rockstar big.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
“Apple” (the company) has trademarks such as the word “Apple”. And it only works in context of computers. Competitors in example can’t name themselves “Apple”, but you can have in a different buisness than computers a name that contains “Apple”, such as “Apple Hill Cider” or “Apple Leisure Group”. That would not violate the trademark. Trademarks are only a problem if its in the same business.
Wrestling is not videogames (although there are videogames of it) and therefore cannot be confused with a videogame. So this could workout in theory.
BucketBong@p.hobo.social 3 weeks ago
WWE makes a wrestling game ever single year.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I already said they are doing videogames too “(although there are videogames of it)”. It does not mean they have to use the name “Vice City” in the game titles too. WWE itself is not videogames.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dunno. Tiffanys jewelry will sue anyone usimg the name for a restaurant, in reference to the movie. They have a restaurant, but its hardly their core business. Also, the lawyers will argue ‘mind share’ as in apple vs creative labs over the use of the name nano in the context of mp3 players (creative was first).
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I just described why they could get the term Vice City as a trademark. Off course companies will try to sue. And they might even win in court, due to some stupid bureaucracy or better lawyers, or they handle this out of court. There is an entire industry around the idea of trademark-trolling. Meaning some bad companies trademark or buy trademarks just to sue everyone in any shape or form. So yes, if Tiffanys doing that, then they are trolls, but it does not mean everyone else is doing it.