[pasc1878]

Or is the name thought to be near to the game Ticket to Ride: Europe. Which is what I thought when seeing your name https://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/europe/

This was released in 2005 and the web version I think is before 2011

This name might well be trademarked as well.

[black_puppydog]

That seems like a bit of a stretch for a platform with uncountable "E1on Musk" style accounts going untouched.

[pasc1878]

With trademarks it is up to the Trademark owner to take action not Apple so not a valid comparison.

I suspect Apple would act on a complaint from the owner here

[classified]

Who would ever expect a platform to be consistent in their enforcement of arbitrary rules?

[iLoveOncall]

"Elon Musk" is not a trademarked name, "Ticket to Ride" is registered.

[omgmajk]

I pretty much just thought that ticket to ride had gotten their account suspended for a second. So I was confused for a little bit.

[amsterdorn]

Yeah, this. Should come up with a more unique title.

[imdsm]

Personally, I don't see Ticket To Europe conflicting with Ticket to Ride: Europe. If it was Ticket to Europe: Ride then fair enough, but otherwise we're saying that all words/phrases have a margin around them, which I disagree with.

[jssnapiecek]

That was also our way of thinking when we chose the title for our game. However, perhaps we do not know enough about the law and are now learning a lesson.

[freedude]

Have you received a cease and desist letter from Days of Wonder? If not, then it cannot be a legitimate trademark violation. In the US they must defend their own trademark with a lawsuit or threat of one. If you are in Europe then your country may be different.

[jssnapiecek]

It would be unfortunate because it would be difficult for us to go into a legal battle with such a big brand. On the other hand... how can you legally reserve the phrase "ticket to europe" which can literally refer to, for example, buying airplane tickets to Europe? This is an expression used in the daily life of millions of people.

[iLoveOncall]

You cannot reserve the phrase "Ticket to Europe". However, you can make a very strong case that a video-game named "Ticket to Europe" infringes on the copyright of your video-game named "Ticket to Ride: Europe".

I would strongly recommend you to change the name of your game before you face such issues (well, you may have already according to this thread), because if your game launches and is at all successful, you will 100% face legal action.

[pasc1878]

IANAL but I think it is not copyright that is here but Trademark. Copyright would be copying the game but even then I think you can use the same rules but not the same visual look.

[racheltanks]

I agree