Sweaty Peter Thiel is definitely going to be the name of our next drink special. "Sweaty Peter Thiel Mocked for Incoherent Answer About CEO Slaying." Thiel, drenched in sweat, struggled to form a coherent response, pausing for over 10 seconds before beginning to speak. Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione -- who was a fan of Peter
If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.
So, if an arms manufacturer creates a functional Iron Man suit, is nothing stopping them from calling it Iron Man? I assume they wouldn’t be allowed to make it look exactly like the Marvel character, but comic books and the MIC are certainly in different fields…
I say it every time, I am astounded the Tolkien estate allowed the use of the word Palantir…
What makes you think they did?
If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.
So, if an arms manufacturer creates a functional Iron Man suit, is nothing stopping them from calling it Iron Man? I assume they wouldn’t be allowed to make it look exactly like the Marvel character, but comic books and the MIC are certainly in different fields…