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Someone who writes that should be ashamed.
Here is an official response regarding Trademark/Copyright names:
If the copyright owner contacted us to ask for a change, we would accommodate that request. Those of us choosing character names do not “own” them, nor have a copyright on them. Therefore, someone who does pay the fees and files the documents gets precedence.
Naturally, if someone uses a name that is already bound by copyright, the same process would apply.
Our practice with names has changed to be kinder and gentler than it once was for first offenders. In most cases, if someone has a disallowed name, we will simply flag the name for rename but we will not place the account under suspension for the first offense. The player must rename to access the character, but he/she can play without a time-out. If someone chooses an offensive re-name, or uses offensive names in the future, then he or she would be subject to suspension(s).
So in this case, if someone copyrights a term and it becomes bound by law with a corporate or individual Intellectual Property, we’ll handle it with a rename but not penalty.
That seems to cover more if a term becomes copyrighted/trademarked after you used the name compared to if the name is already copyrighted/trademarked.
Interestingly the names Areanet, Ncsoft, Disney, Nike, Toyota, Pepsi, Coca Cola are taken and not banned either.
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Arbitrarily applying a rules in their TOS for some players and not for others because the player isn’t using it for commerce or whatever other reason, even when it violates their very own naming policy opens up all sorts of possible manipulation and favoritism for certain players.
must it be exact spelling to be banned ? what if the spelling is twisted a bit like Obby One Kennobi ?
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-naming-policy/
The name policy has this about exact spellings:
“Use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules”
Saw a recent reddit post asking if you were allowed to use certain names. [Frodo Baggins, Harry Potter, Snow White, Mickey Mouse] were the examples given. According to the TOS naming policy, using a trademarked name is not allowed. Yet those names are apparently being used by players. So does the naming policy need to be updated or is there some reason why some players are allowed to have trademarked names and others are not?