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by ummonk 2441 days ago
I don't think there is any copyright on mere names of fictional objects (e.g. Palantir).
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IANAL but with my 10 mins of googling I've found the following:

* Items/characters cannot be trademarked unless they are the source of goods or services (so therefore this service would have the right whereas JK. Rowling et al wouldn't) [1]

* Items/characters are copyrighted when featured in a copyrighted piece of fiction (which Horcruxes are). [1]

* JK Rowling et al are crazy litigious [2][3]

* JK seems to endorse/praise fan collections of stuff, but the team come down hard on people trying to sell that commercially. [2] That does, however, seem to be for publishing books eg. fan fact books.

[1] https://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/protecti...

[2] https://www.legallanguage.com/legal-articles/harry-potter-co...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_disputes_over_the_Harry_...

I was talking specifically about item names, not items / characters as a whole.
How is that different?