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Old 03-08-2012, 10:57 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by frahse View Post
You can't trademark or copyright names used as names of books(titles), movies or people is the way I understand it.
But you can trademark names and images of characters. Both Hells Angels and Skinhead are registered trademarks, for example. And what I have in mind for Humpty Dumpty definitely wouldn't be approved by anyone who could claim ownership of that character.

I could play safe and call him Dumpy Humpy (Humpy Dumpy would make it sound like obesity porn), but I would still want an egg-man type character on the cover. (Eggman is also a trademark, used as an alternative name for Dr Robotnik from the Sonic games).
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