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420 points solcloud | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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camtarn ◴[22 Oct 24 17:31 UTC] No.41916589[source]▶
Having Counterstrike in the name of the repo and title of the game might not be the best idea, as it's a trademark.

It's also ... not an awful lot like CS at the moment. Mostly the size and complexity of the map.

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pbhjpbhj ◴[23 Oct 24 09:57 UTC] No.41923492[source]▶
Trade mark law usually requires that a mark is not descriptive - counterstrike is a dictionary word that describes fighting back against an attacker. Seems perfectly fine to use in any fps game.

Can't see how that trade mark could stand against a challenge (in UK/EU)?

See eg Art.4, Art.7(1)(c) of EUTMR.

IANAL, these are my personal opinions and unrelated to my employment.

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1. ruthmarx ◴[23 Oct 24 23:14 UTC] No.41930202[source]▶
counterstrike by itself might be OK although not used as branding, but none of the stylized forms could be used - that's my understanding at least.