Can you trademark a language name?

According to the UKIPO and EUIPO guidelines, the words in foreign non-Roman languages can indeed be registered as a trade mark.

Is language intellectual property?

A copyright is one of four legally enforceable limitations on the general public’s freedom of expression with respect to a wide variety of creative productions, legally termed ‘intellectual property’, including works of visual art, music, and language.

Who owns a language?

Language is the non-private property of non-individuals, not the collective property of a defined group of people. It has no agents and no central control (Posner, 1983, pp. 44–5): Language is like the free market.

Is Java trademarked?

“Oracle, Java, and MySQL are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.” The credit line may appear anywhere on the collateral, but typically is displayed on a copyright page, the back of a package or at the end of a document or web page.

Is Klingon language trademarked?

“The Klingon language itself is an idea or a system, and is not copyrightable,” reads that filing. “As the Supreme Court held in the context of a system of bookkeeping, although copyright protects the author’s expression of the system, it does not prevent others from using the system.”

Is Elvish copyrighted?

Quenya, Sindarin, and all other languages by J. R. R. Tolkien are copyrighted until January 1st, 2074. Everything appears to be “copyrighted”.

Can someone own a language?

No reasonable person could claim to own something like English, Spanish, or Mandarin. According to intellectual property lawyer Brad Newberg, invented languages aren’t so different. “The short answer is no,” he said when I ask whether a language can be copyrighted.

Is Python trademarked?

The word mark “Python” is a registered trademark in the United States of America.

Is Oracle trademarked?

Oracle®, Java, and MySQL are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.