Re: WoW Rant...

Thusly David Carson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Spake Unto All:

>> renowned for ferocity and courage - it's like naming your character
>> 'lion' or 'bear', an animals name can hardly be trademarked.
>
>Well, of course an animal's name CAN be trademarked, as can any word, no
>matter how common.

Hmmmm... Surely it's the likeness? Like you say, a superhero Jaguar is
not likely to be sued by General Motors, but could Marvel reasonably
sue a MMORGP superhero named Wolverine which looked nothing like
Marvels comic-book Wolverine? After all, like I said, animals are
associated with traits (lions are traditionally strong & wise, asses
dumb etc) and wolverines are traditionally considered ferocious and
fearless.

Naming a particularly ferocious and fearless character 'wolverine' is,
IMO, as logical as naming a green jumping character 'frogman'.


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2012 or 2013. Probably in Africa.
A country *may* be attacked in 2009, but only if polls show democrats will win
the election, and it will if so not be small and defenceless. Iran?
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