mbassoc2003 wrote:I wouldn't have thought shadowlands could be copyrighted as a name.
mbassoc2003 wrote:It's such a generic common name, like 'Blackridge' or 'Priory Hall'.
ExTSR wrote:In America you do not and cannot 'copyright' a name.Copyright applies to a quantity of text far larger than that.
ExTSR wrote:In America you do not and cannot 'copyright' a name.Copyright applies to a quantity of text far larger than that.You can file for Trademark of a word or phrase, and even Register that trademark (after lots of additional research and fees). You can also Patent a unique Thing.imnsho Prior Use documentation would show Shadowlands to have been freely used, for long enough and by enough persons, to be rejected as a Registered trademark.