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- canoe
The other night at a camp fire we were passing around the peace pipe and someone came up with a great bumper sticker...it used a famous deceased author's last name...
I can't imagine there's a legit way to trademark the slogan...
Anyone?
- canoe0
Can one use a famous person's last name on a bumper sticker, etc?
All the nonlegal begals are barking... hey, it's a last name, it could be a last name of an actor or a character or anyone for that matter...
ya?
- HijoDMaite2
"Copyright protection does not extend to titles, names, slogans or short phrases, the Copyright Office has made that much very clear. You can not copyright your name, the title of your post or any short phrase that you use to identify a work."
- Trademark covers all those, as would moral rights in the case of an author's name (at least for attribution).monNom
- omg-3
you can copyright the logo/ symbol/ artwork.
- autoflavour-2
share the name so we can race you to the printer and claim victory for ourselves.
- set3
What would Hitler do?™
- he had his image legally protected so he could create a personality cultdoesnotexist
- Adolf? Or his brother, Dave - the sensible one.face_melter
- His cousin Keith Hitlerset
- lol setmoldero
- i_monk0
If this famous person has a managed estate you can be sure to get a cease and desist from them.
- a la, EinsteinGnash
- you'd have to prove it monetarily damages the estate of Einstein...no?doesnotexist
- ^ nope. his estate is particularly protective of the brand. it's owned by a university in isrealGnash
- canoe0
So out of curiosity "What would Hitler do?" did someone trademark that.. legally?