Sentence examples for copyrighted characters from inspiring English sources

By simply focusing on original and/or function designs and avoiding well-known trademarks and copyrighted characters, you'll go a long ways toward lessening the likelihood of finding yourself a target of an IP lawsuit.

In taking a leaf from Disney's branding book, he is selling his copyrighted characters in every possible form toys, books, games, video.

That show got a significant ratings bump, but Hollywood recoiled — Disney sued for unauthorized use of a copyrighted character — and Mr. Carr's show is remembered as one of the worst of all time.

He explained that Nemo was born in 1993 and matured for several years before becoming a copyrighted character in 2000.To back up the claim that Nemo was created before his French counterpart Pierrot, Disney reportedly showed shots of Nemo's father Martin dated from April 2000 to the judge on Monday, presenting it as evidence that at the time the 3-D clownfish had already been invented.

She said she had been advised that her show was not in breach of Fawlty Towers' copyright as only scripts could be copyrighted – not characters, themes or concepts – and the show used "basically none" of them.

Hoping for a Penelope series, and perhaps a merchandise line, Ms. Pollard has copyrighted her characters, submitted two sequels, completed eight more stories and is taking a cartooning class at Hofstra University to improve her drawing skills.

Concepts (gameplay, how you write your code, etcetera) cannot be copyrighted, though characters' names and narrative universes are by default.

1177 (S.D.N.Y.1979) (discount electronics chain not permitted to advertise its stores using parody of well-known lines associated with copyrighted Superman character).

After Hasbro issued a cease and desist to the Fighting Is Magic project over the use of copyrighted and trademarked characters, Faust offered to provide the developers with original character arts to allow them to continue to develop the game without copyright issues.

Copyrighted cartoon characters may not be paired with an MIT mark.

The characters are copyrighted.