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INTEREST: Shueisha Fails Appeal For Tanjirō, Nezuko, Zenitsu Pattern Trademarks




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DatRandomDude



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:14 pm Reply with quote
typo lol

"knock-off gods and illegal copies"
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Niyari



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:17 pm Reply with quote
typical shueisha clownery
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Tanteikingdomkey



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:17 pm Reply with quote
Good, I am sorry but this going through would have only lead to bad things
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harminia



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:34 pm Reply with quote
Like, at best you could copyright the usage of those colours (like how Cadbury copyrighted it's purple colour, I believe) but the actual patterns are so generic. I mean, I've used a box pattern in art so many times, doesn't mean I have ownership of it.
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Яeverse



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:45 pm Reply with quote
Tanjiro's patterns has squares AND rectangles (i mean a square is an equilateral rectangle)

but still, I never noticed that the rectangles differed, I might need a zoom up of it (and were the animators consistent???)
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mewpudding101
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:01 pm Reply with quote
DatRandomDude wrote:
typo lol

"knock-off gods and illegal copies"


Those knockoff god cards are everywhere!

But anyway.

I can understand Shueisha being ticked about these simple patterns being used in merch like masks and handkerchiefs and all the other stuff. I mean, I live in Tokyo, and non-Kimetsu merch using this pattern is everywhere. Literally EVERYWHERE. Even at the mom-and-pop stores.
But on the other hand, it's such a simple pattern. Allowing this would be bad enough, but it would make way for other crazy pattern trademarks (i.e. Where's Waldo/Wally trademarking red and white stripes...)
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SilverTalon01



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:14 pm Reply with quote
If they wanted to trademark it, they should have picked a more original design than black and green boxes.
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