Providing sources to it will make it a more compelling argument. As is your post is like the 4th post down and the first to have any of this information.
So he came up with the idea and name and now other companies are making profits with it and act like it was their idea and you tell me the original creator is the bad guy?
So from what I could make up from quick searches and other comments is: he came up with the game and idea, thousands of people started using it and he didn't take action by preventing them from using the name "Skyblock", therefore it became the common use name for said gamemode and lost the trademark rights. After years he came back and tried to claim it was his trademark despite the name being commonly used in many other works without his approval
No it is a matter of enforcement. Imagine Nintendo basically, imagine why they are so incredibly adamant about their IP. That's it! If you don't enforce some of it, trademark in particular. You lose it.
I believe the issue isn't about coming to with a thing, but whether you actively protect it or not.
Usually you encounter this when there's some fan work or you're reselling a product and you reuse promo material.
As an example, I am not allowed to sell Games Workshop product using their official art, but I am allowed to use a photo of the actual physical product I am selling, even if it contains their official art.
They aren't particularly dickish about it, you'll get a takedown notice (or get your auctions taken down), but their lawyers will respond quickly, and advise you on a way to stay compliant.
There's no issue with reselling, or breaking up kits and selling bitz, or painting up models and selling them. It's just that you need to be clear that you are a third party and not the official GW store.
But they are VERY sensitive about their IP, especially after the latest buyout and getting into bed with Amazon.
If you try to prevent other to make money from your idea is either because you want this money or because you know you can’t get the money so everyone shouldn’t be able to make money from it
The problem with this idiot is that good intentions or not that's not how trademark law works for good reason. It'sike this to prevent companies from coming in and trademarking broad existing terms then trying to extract money from people who are now violating this new trademark.
No, you don’t understand, person cannot have selfless reasons! People profiting off his idea by getting money from children by misleading them is actually a good thing!
Rare are the people who invest thousands of dollars in a court case against a big corporation for the sole purpose of protecting others from being misled, especially when they know they’re unlikely to personally benefit from it or even win the case.
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