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drmcw wrote:

Let's trademark “www”.

Imagine the fun you could have

Lightnin wrote:

mozarty wrote:

The thing is, kids, which predominantly make up the Scratch website, do not and will not take the time to search up a trademark.

And this is at the core of the issue - should kids who are making Scratch studios be required to search a trademark database before choosing a general name? We really don't think so: There isn't a likelihood of confusion.

Dragonturnip wrote:

I have a question. I made a project called Idea Storm, but that is already something to do with Dell computers. Will I get sued or something?

Ethsim2 wrote:

lmjangellyric wrote:

It's not like they built a whole other museum and named it Animation Hall of Fame, it is a small little group of games.

if <The museum people worry about the Trademark law> then
 remind them of how silly/stupid they sound   
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Yes, that is what they deserve

if <they want the name of the scratch studio changed> then
 they have to go through the us   
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play sound [ v] until done

ralpher wrote:

What about if we remake a game, for example,would that be considered copying or plagiarism? I gave them credit in the notes and credits section.

Please give me answer!
Thanks.

Acester007 wrote:

ralpher wrote:

What about if we remake a game, for example,would that be considered copying or plagiarism? I gave them credit in the notes and credits section.

Please give me answer!
Thanks.

Lightnin wrote:

Recently the owner of the registered trademark for “Animation Hall of Fame” contacted us to request that we rename or remove a Scratch Studio titled “Animation Hall of Fame”. Apparently when one Googles “Animation Hall of Fame,” the link to their organization is first, but the results also include a link to a Scratch Studio with the same name.

We see the value of trademark law: We wouldn't want anyone else to be able to create a programming language called Scratch. That could lead to a lot of confusion, and wouldn't be fair. However, there are limits to how broadly trademark should be applied. For example, if someone created a skateboard called Scratch, I don't think we'd have much reason to complain (as long as they weren't using our logo, or claiming some kind of association or endorsement from us.)

But in this case, we don't feel that this trademark claim is reasonable or fair. According to the About page on their website, their “Animation Hall of Fame” is:

“To be located in the Central Florida area of the United States, the Animation Hall of Fame, Inc. complex will be an international interactive, entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of Animation from around the world. This state of the art high-tech complex and each of its venues will be designed to educate and entertain animation fans and non-fans alike from around the world.”
( http://animationhalloffame.org/about.html )

The Scratch studio formerly titled “Animation Hall of Fame” is, well, a Scratch studio: A webpage, created by a Scratcher, that shows projects made by kids who are learning to program animations with Scratch, a free programming tool created at MIT.

http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/346625/
(Check it out- there are some good Scratch animations in there!)

Is it really reasonable to demand that we rename this Scratch studio to avoid possible confusion between a multimillion dollar complex in Florida, and a webpage with some Scratch projects? We really don't think so. But because taking legal action to contest this would be very expensive and time consuming, we agreed to change the title of the studio formerly known as “Animation Hall of Fame” to: “Scratch Hall of Fame - Animation.” I guess this clarifies what should be pretty obvious: A webpage with some Scratch projects is not likely to be confused with a multimillion dollar museum.

andycman wrote:

Don't use ™ or ® unless you actually contacted the US Patent office and patented the thing you put ® or ™ behind.