I forget which movie it was, but I believe Blizzard forced them to change the name from "El Diablo" or the like.. arrgh, brain freeze.
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Game Name Copyrights?
Yeah, it''s rarely a total black-and-white situation. From all the cases I''ve read about it basically comes down to whether a court could be convinced that your product''s name, packaging, etc. deceives the consumer into believing it''s associated with the trademarked property in question. If you use the name "Coca-Cola" then your product will instantly be associated with the soft drink in the mind of the consumer so you lose. So that''s why it depends on how popular/famous the trademark is, as somebody mentioned.
The one almost indisputable escape hatch in this whole mess is parody. If you write a game that''s a parody of Diablo then you could create artwork, names and logos very similar to the original material (still no direct stealing allowed) and they could do little about it.
The one almost indisputable escape hatch in this whole mess is parody. If you write a game that''s a parody of Diablo then you could create artwork, names and logos very similar to the original material (still no direct stealing allowed) and they could do little about it.
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