• Zorsith
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    10 hours ago

    I say it every time, I am astounded the Tolkien estate allowed the use of the word Palantir…

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      If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.