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by not2b 1924 days ago
Trademarks don't work that way. You don't get to own all uses of a word, only a word in a particular field (like the use of "Flipper" in names for TV shows).
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Yeah, except this isn't just the word "Flipper". Its the word Flipper with a dolphin avatar.

To a IP judge this is a product thats marketed as a "Tamagochi-like device with a dolphin called Flipper". Its not even a hard stretch to say that this would confuse an unsavvy consumer who might think this devices was a "Flipper the Dolphin Tamagochi".

Is the show widely known enough for that to actually be confusing? I'd never heard of it until this comment thread.

Plus, uh, dolphins have flippers...