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City of Heroes had Icon for its official super tailor needs. Why not name the new version Image?
The original Lady of Ysgard. -Virtue
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Because they'd be sued by the technomages for trademark violation of their iMage scrying tablet.
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That is a major comic publishing company, unfortunately.
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Instead of Image, how about Exemplar...? ;)
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I can't see why not.
There are other companies out there that share the name.
Side note: Image comics full name is Image Comics, Inc. So I would imagine that just by using the word "Image" would work.
Unless you *seriously* want to search *every single* State datebase for company listing to make sure that you don't infringe.
And Icon
You could pull a Steve Jobs and simply call the costume shops ... [b]iCon[/b].
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The logic is simple. An icon is a representation of something. An Image, on the other hand, is an attempt to capture the totality of the same thing.
Therefore I ask you, my fellow Titans; would you like to be known for your icon, or would you be known for the image you wish to project?
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"Perhaps this city will erect a hologram ... in my memory."
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I [i]guarantee[/i] you that there will be no end of players claiming that "hey, they named it after Image Comics!" and that will be enough to get a judge [i]somewhere[/i] to agree to grant an injunction.
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If its going to be like that, then just call it "Tailor"
A word cannot be granted enforceable copyright status if it is a generic word. This is why Hasbro has to resort to names like 'Autobot Jazz' and 'Deception Ravage' to get enforceable control over the character that they could not get by using the simpler but entirely generic words of Jazz and Ravage.
The developers cannot use Icon for the legal costume outlets in game because, while Icon is a common and generic word by itself, there would be complications involved due to associations with the predecessing game's use of the word in context. Using Image as a name for a similar outlet in this game is perfectly reasonable and legal as long as measures are taken to ensure that it would be impossible to associate with the comic company. The simplest measure would be font selection to avoid similarities with the comic company's logo.
Of course, the best way to avoid associating Image Comics versus Image Costumes is making sure the character creation process produces properly proportioned people instead of stick figures with beach balls and spines that bend to angles of 90 degrees or more. In other words, avoid Liefeldian designs like the cancer they are.
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That may be a very good legal argument, and it might even succeed in getting an injunction lifted. You're still out thousands of dollars.
Best to avoid the mess outright.
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Another way to avoid the issue that I just thought of: Acronym.
I.M.A.G.E : Improving Metahuman Aesthetics and Generating Equipment.
This would render any comparisons to the comic company null and void, and refer back to CoH on a new level by making I.M.A.G.E. into a government department like ELITE and MAGI from CoH. There's plenty of room for meta-level references that won't detract from the quality of the finished product.
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Make the acronym letters huge and the "rest of the words" letters small in comparison (by like a 10:1 ratio) and you're set.
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