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Unregistered Rights in a Game Title: US Common Law and Disputes with Former Partners

In the US, rights in a game's name arise from sales alone, without a registration. How to use them against someone else's filing, and how to stop a former partner registering your title.

What names for a game can be registered

An office will refuse a name that describes the genre or a mechanic, even if nobody has claimed it. Which words are risky and what EUIPO's Hidden Cats refusal teaches.