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game company called hyper mario land would be same industry, more similar name to an existing trademark than just the name mario, both sides definitely trademarked rather than copyrighted, they would probably have a case. everything im reading says fictional names cant be copyrighted but they can be trademarked, it would only be an issue if they trademarked the fictional character's name and then they met the conditions for a legal test including consumers not understanding that the bank was not affiliated with lotr. istg trademark law is actually chill
You're forcing me to arrive at the conclusion the other commenter made. Involving a hit of the man sort.