Talk:Trademark

2009-04-29T10:51:57Z

72.64.104.41: /* Comic books */

It's a word with a strict dictionary definition, and it doesn't specifically refer to Transformers, nor is it a fan-coined term like "retool" or "neon." Why would it need an article? - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 05:12, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

: Because it's kind of important to Transformers, since it determines what things are NAMED? And the "CANT THEY JUST CALL HIM AUTOBOT HOT ROD" continuiously comes up, so having a page that explains why not we can just link to for the various explanations as to the name changes and etc would be quite the handy thing to have? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
:: For the love of God, yes please. Then I wouldn't have to explain what trademarks mean in context to Transformers thirty million times a week, instead just linking a URL. That's something a dictionary definition certainly won't give. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
:::If it's so incredibly important and you all seem to know exactly what such an article should contain, then why don't you actually make it? It's been on the Most Wanted page for a while. - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 07:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
::::We're hoping our trademark lawyer friend will write it. He's just been busy. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 07:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::Think this will get him unbusy? ;-) -[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 12:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::I work in trademarks now. I could have a whack at it if ye like. --[[User:Ratbat|Ratbat]] 10:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This article is so rad.--[[User:OctopusPrime|Octopus Prime- King of the Road!]] 12:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
: Ronimus Prime, who is NOT trademarked, concurs.[[User:Ronimus Prime|Ronimus Prime]] 14:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Just as a sidenote, whoever came up with Autobot Carblast gets the Awesome badge. [[User:Nutjob RT|Nutjob RT]] 14:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

==Cleanup tag==
Quite frankly, I've long felt that this article is one of the worst offenders here in terms of sacrificing useful information on the alter of dubious attempts at humor. --[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 19:22, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

: Fucking Outback Steakhouse. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, poop. Always liked this one.--[[User:Chiasaur11|Chiasaur11]]
::The mighty Carblast is still there. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:28, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
:::The new article is excellent. The old one was actually not a dubious attempt at humor. This is not because it was brilliant (although it of course was exceedingly brilliant, by the Usual Standards for Such Things) but because it was a dubious attempt at irritating the ever-busy legal types to the point that somebody would actually write a proper article. I can't find my d20. --[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 17:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

=="Convert" not "Transform"==
Cite me, because that was precisely what I was told when doing the TF movie game guide. Fun Publications is also under this edict. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:44, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
:Danke. I'm not up on all the wiki-coding stuff yet. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:13, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

== Comic books ==

What's with comic book titles? I'm thinking of the Spotlights in particular. Even if one were to argue that IDW doesn't actually claim the trademark to "Hot Rod", "Drift" etc., and the actual title of all the Spotlight issues is simply ''Transformers: Spotlight'', as evidenced from the lag of ™ claims after the individual characters' names, IDW would still have to make sure they don't collide with other companies' trademarks, right? Because even when they don't consider the names trademarks from a to-be-defended standpoint, they'd still need to make sure another company doesn't either, since those flashy, artistic renditions of the names sure do ''look'' like something that might be considered a trademark. Thoughts?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:39, 29 April 2009 (EDT)
:Book titles are a completely different animal. IDW doesn't need to worry about the name of the guy in a spotlight issue anymore than Marvel needed to worry about "End of the Road!" on every every single final issue he's written. --[[Special:Contributions/72.64.104.41|72.64.104.41]] 06:51, 29 April 2009 (EDT)

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