03-07-2007, 09:30 PM
Yes you can, but only in the same way that George Lucas can trade mark "Dark Lord" even though JRR used it long before him.
You can trade mark not the work or the title but just the style of that type font etc.
I know your kidding Jasper, but HBO would love people to think they now own Rome (or Caesar, or more to the point, Pullo and Vorenus even though they are mentioned in Caesar's commentaries).
I would guess that if we wanted to sell a tunic with an imperial eagle and the word Rome on it we could so long as it looked substantially different from HBO's. Don't know why we would want to, but we could...
:wink:
Narukami
You can trade mark not the work or the title but just the style of that type font etc.
I know your kidding Jasper, but HBO would love people to think they now own Rome (or Caesar, or more to the point, Pullo and Vorenus even though they are mentioned in Caesar's commentaries).
I would guess that if we wanted to sell a tunic with an imperial eagle and the word Rome on it we could so long as it looked substantially different from HBO's. Don't know why we would want to, but we could...
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA