Comment by ANewMachine615 on 12/02/2014 at 13:55 UTC

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View submission: [Recap] The great xkcd mod-sidebar blowup

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It makes me wonder if there's a trademark issue here. I'd wager XKCD isn't registered, but that's not required for certain limited-scope trademarks. I wonder if Monroe could assert a trademark claim over the XKCD subreddit based on the potential for confusion, arguing that the scope of the mark is the online marketplace, rather than a specific geographic one.

That said, I doubt highly that Monroe would be interested in this type of litigation. But it'd be very interesting to watch.

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There's nothing here!