I have registered a website yodaguru.com. I intend to use it as a domain name for a product I am building. Does it violate the copyright law of the United States?
This character first appeared in the movie The Empire Strikes Back (1980). George Lucas, the screenwriter of the movie is still alive.
It is speculated that that name may be from the Sanskrit word "Yoddha" which means warrior, or the Hebrew name "Yodea" meaning "One who knows."
The copyright law of the United States says that exclusive rights generally expire 70 years after the author's death or 95 years after publication. Law talks about the derived word, does it also applies to the character name?