Comment Re:Trademark (Score 1) 361
Which is just another example of how we lost out - Coke hasn't been the same since they changed the formula in 1903. Somebody should be able to bring back classic Coke!
Addressing your intellectual property issue, (IAAL, but IANAIPL) if the game was outside of copyright protection there wouldn't necessarily be a clear trademark violation. If Steamboat Willy had ever been allowed to have it's copyright expire I would be able to release copies of Steamboat Willy even without permission from Disney. You can't trademark your way around copyright terms. This would be a derivative work, so not as clear a territory.
Addressing your intellectual property issue, (IAAL, but IANAIPL) if the game was outside of copyright protection there wouldn't necessarily be a clear trademark violation. If Steamboat Willy had ever been allowed to have it's copyright expire I would be able to release copies of Steamboat Willy even without permission from Disney. You can't trademark your way around copyright terms. This would be a derivative work, so not as clear a territory.