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Can I use the name Friedrich Nietzsche as commercial application title?
<p>Can I use the name Friedrich Nietzsche as commercial application title that will be available globally?</p>
<p>I know that his books are in the public domain and I can use fragments in my app but I don't know anything about his name. Who holds the copyright for his name? Or can I use at least F. Nietzsche?</p>

<h2>There is no copyrighting names</h2>
<p><strong>There are personality rights and trademark issues</strong></p>
<p>Personality rights are easy - Nietzsche is dead, he doesn’t have any.</p>
<p>Trademarks (which can be registered or common-law) apply to business usage and are limited by geography and product time. If no one is already using the name for your product in your market, you can.</p>
