I am working on a cartoon series for Nickelodeon called Ultra Nova. Before I published it I did some research on Ultra Nova finding out that there is a Youtube channel called Aphmau has a show called Ultra Nova it only lated 5 episodes and its a comedy. So my question is that is it possible to make a copyright of another cartoon series but this time its for a cartoon for TV or do I need premission from the creator to use the name, do they have some rights of the name or what is your opinion
I'm not a lawyer and I don't even play one on T.V., but I have always been under the assumption that a title cannot be copyrighted. However, it could be trademarked, but that's doubtful. If your product is substantially different from theirs, I don't think that you'll have an issue.