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stonemetal
on Oct 24, 2013
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Nintendo says this amazing Super Mario site is ill...
Art yes, name probably not. I believe the name would be covered by trademark. Trademark allows for indefinite ownership.
rejoinder
on Oct 24, 2013
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Can you really trademark a name such as Mario?
stonemetal
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Sure, 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.
arbitrage
on Oct 24, 2013
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In the context of a video game character who happens to be a plumber from Brooklyn, yes.
chinpokomon
on Oct 24, 2013
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And movie... or are we trying to forget that that was ever made?
rejoinder
on Oct 30, 2013
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Hoskins must have some plumbing fetish.
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