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Repokémon – Showcase of GitHub Repos with Pokémon Names

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Re: Repokémon – Showcase of GitHub Repos with Pokémon Names

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Would a company send a DMCA notice for a github repo whose title is a trademarked character's name? (Is there a MickeyMouse project?)

Yes. I have previously made a simple Chrome extension that contained Pokemon stuff, but certainly derivative work that should not be considered copyright infringement. (The extension replaced facebook reactions with Pokemon faces, if you're wondering).

I got DMCA'd by Nintendo anyways. I didn't bother fighting it, since it wasn't worth my time for a one-day project. Nintendo of America has overzealous paralegals that WILL go DMCA anything pokemon related.

Re: Repokémon – Showcase of GitHub Repos with Pokémon Names

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What happens when many repos by different Github users have the same pokémon's name?

Yeap, the one with most stars. I was thinking of getting most forks if say multiple repos with exact same number of stars, but I guess I was lazy.
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