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Anne Lyle · 3rd September 2007, 08:03 PM

IIRC, the Radio 4 Tolkien spoof "Hordes of the Things" had wizards called "Badedas the Blue", "Fendjal the Pink" and "Matey the White" (this was back in the 80s), so it's certainly not a problem in general terms. I think it would be up to the publisher to advise you on the legal situation, but I don't reckon that minor but transparent changes to spellings would alter the case.

3rd September 2007, 08:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anne Lyle Unconsidered Trifler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 81	Re: Using Product Names As Characters IIRC, the Radio 4 Tolkien spoof "Hordes of the Things" had wizards called "Badedas the Blue", "Fendjal the Pink" and "Matey the White" (this was back in the 80s), so it's certainly not a problem in general terms. I think it would be up to the publisher to advise you on the legal situation, but I don't reckon that minor but transparent changes to spellings would alter the case.