Trademark and the Scratch online community

drmcw

Let's trademark “www”.

Imagine the fun you could have

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ScratchVaders or Galaga?
Maybe Eliza can help you decide?

atorubarov

That studio Aniumation Hall of Fame should change its name in orde to be fair.
if Google finds out it will be MAD.

That's why try to make him change that name

Rex208

The_Grits wrote:
Wow… this would make for a funny newspaper article… “Multimillion dollar complex demands name change of a Children's Online Studio” XD

I know…

AmericanCoder123

It should be legal to have a studio with that name because it is not in the same domain as a museum. If you were to open a museum known as the animation hall of fame then there could be an actual problem. Also isn't it the creator of the studio's problem and not yours? It is his or her intellectual property. You are just the group that owns the site that hosts the studio.

lego_ninja

Wow! That means Scratch is really famous! XD So famous that a million dollar company views Scratch as competition! lol!

GuestXXV

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I posted that!

galaxy42

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?

No. Like they said, if someone made a skateboard named Scratch, they wouldn't have a problem with it unless it used their logo or anything.

I think you're good. ^-^

futureguy

And that's why I don't use IPs on Scratch.

I am futureguy, a scratcher, gamer, artist, and author (nothing published… yet) and, of course, I enjoy scratching, gaming, drawing, and writing.

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ProfessorSausage

Cool!

contest101remixes

ERROR!

This is contest101's remixes account.

szogun

TM_ wrote:
The_Grits wrote:
Wow… this would make for a funny newspaper article… “Multimillion dollar complex demands name change of a Children's Online Studio” XD

Better: “Multimillion dollar complex demands name change of a quite unknown Children's Online Studio with 7 Followers”

I could understand them if it would have a lot of followers, but really? They want a name change just because it exists and does not make any damage to their company? Okay, since now it will be a famous studio because it is a good one and everyone has it one his front page So the studio owner could also thank the ST and the real Animation Hall of Fame for causing this trouble and make it appear on Front page

StarscreamClone

Don't companies have better things to do than to essentially troll kids' sites because of a supposed trademark infringement? Honestly…

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JONATHAN1320

Uhh.. Studio name limits. ._.

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Kuulblu7TheCoolDude

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szogun

This makes me question capitalism.
Is the law anarchic enough to allow these bungholes to sue scratch? More later on ‘Important Issues About Obscure Children’s Website Places'.

Exhelah

I do not believe that Scratch is the only website with something on it titled “Animation Hall of Fame.” I just looked it up, and there are at least 10 other websites that use the words but that have no relation to the trademark in question. So unless he contacted the owners of every website on the search results, he's just trying to ruin kids' lives.

Or that's what I think. I may be wrong.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

explodingstuff

Maybe the studio could be called: “Scratch Animation Hall of Fame”

You saw my username. I make things explode.

Lightnin

explodingstuff wrote:
Maybe the studio could be called: “Scratch Animation Hall of Fame”

Tried that, they didn't like it, and asked us to change it further.

MrChikenface

I really don't care about that,as long as no one is hurt(not emotional),but who doesn't like a good animation!

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gdpr533f604550b2f20900645890

I`ve heard that once, Namco made someone on Scratch take a Pac-Man game down. It raised a lot of controversy. I guess this is just like the Pac-Man incident…

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