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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That is what he is saying.
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Thanks - I clearly misunderstood his post. Whoops.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
However, the ruling has a caveat that isn't being broadly reported: the estate holds certain trademarks they can still collect on.
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I don't think the question of whether trademark trumps copyright has come to court. That is, whether it's legal to write a story about a character where the original stories involving the character are public domain, but the character's name is a trademark.
Since trademarks are very restricted in scope, I hope it wouldn't be possible to prevent publication by trademarking a name.