This seems very weird given that both media involve Greek mythological settings. And the video game had to be renamed as well…

  • Shirasho
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    63 months ago

    Trademark generally only applies within the same medium. The point is to prevent confusion between two competing products. A movie and a video game do not overlap.

    • @False@lemmy.world
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      33 months ago

      Movies reuse names occasionally too. As long as they’re not novel names or coming out at the same time it generally doesn’t seem to be an issue.

    • @jeffw@lemmy.worldM
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      Not true at all. That’s just not how trademark protection work.

      A movie trademark might not get protected from, say, a food. Those are not related. Trademark protection can apply across media though, especially when it’s something similar like movies and video games (again, contrast that to movies and food)