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Subject: Would I be allowed to use Biofoam without fear of legal action?

Poll: Would I be allowed to use Biofoam without fear of legal action?  [closed]
YES:  67%
(8 Votes)
NO:  33%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 12

Does anybody know if Bungie would have a problem with me using Biofoam in a novel I am writing? It (the novel) is not at all Halo related, and I would use Biofoam's name, and use, that and only that. Would that be okay, copyright wise?

  • 02.02.2012 6:05 PM PDT

Gamers don't die, they just go offline.

"...and the fanboys will unite to slay the Call of Duty threat for the greater good of gaming."

I'm not sure if it would really matter. Orcs were first in J. R. R. Tolkien novels but WoW and Elder Scrolls use them as races also.

  • 02.02.2012 6:54 PM PDT

"At the end of this day one shall stand, one shall fall"

So, Death or Bungie?

Yes, the word biofoam is not copy righted. You are free to use the word in written works.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 6:55 PM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 6:54 PM PDT

The tide is turning, brothers! Let us take our kingdom back!

I don't see why not. I don't think biofoam needs a capital, though. It's not really a brand name.

  • 02.03.2012 2:35 AM PDT

im going to say yes because, c'mon, its biofoam. no one really cares. pretty sure the concept has been used befor, too. but if your going to make money off this book your writing then id just send a little note to bungie asking for the ok anyway.

  • 02.03.2012 1:51 PM PDT

I was going to send a message originally, but I couldn't find an email address, if any one wouldn't mind giving it to me if they do have it. And also, I seriously doubt it'd make it that far as to be published.

  • 02.03.2012 3:34 PM PDT

You should post a bit of your story here. Just a teaser. At the end of my fan fic, Haunted, I posted what was the start of my attempt to transform that story into a non-halo novel.
Writing this story, I am very curious to read another Halo fan's original work. Feel free to check it out.
OT, the concept of biofoam has, in fact been implemented before, and as the great Ben Bova once said (concerning James Cameron using his novel Winds of Altair for the plot of Avatar), ideas are free. Even the name it's self wouldn't warrant a copyright infringement, so rest easy.

  • 02.03.2012 7:59 PM PDT

i guess, under fair usage policies.

  • 02.04.2012 3:23 PM PDT