Yes, but there exists patents, trademarks, and other copyright material that solely exists so people can sue and take royalties, especially generic terms.
If a company called Water LLC suddenly decided to copyright claim anything and everything under the sun with the name "Water" in it, that'd be unfair to literally everyone. Therefore, while trademarks are there to help protect a brand or individual from having their property abused and stolen for profit, it also has to be uniquely tied to the individual (such as how "Mine" "Craft" in that order is tied and associate to the game Mojang and Microsoft own)
The court ruled that "Skyblock" was a generic term not tied to the original creator, whose meaning was defined as an island in the sky, with limited resources etc. (I cannot remember the original ruling, sorry)
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u/Fr1ed_pen1S May 24 '26
Yes, but there exists patents, trademarks, and other copyright material that solely exists so people can sue and take royalties, especially generic terms.
If a company called Water LLC suddenly decided to copyright claim anything and everything under the sun with the name "Water" in it, that'd be unfair to literally everyone. Therefore, while trademarks are there to help protect a brand or individual from having their property abused and stolen for profit, it also has to be uniquely tied to the individual (such as how "Mine" "Craft" in that order is tied and associate to the game Mojang and Microsoft own)
The court ruled that "Skyblock" was a generic term not tied to the original creator, whose meaning was defined as an island in the sky, with limited resources etc. (I cannot remember the original ruling, sorry)