Just as a note, 'lightsaber' is the spelling LucasArts uses for a lightsabre. 'Lightsabre' is the spelling I use, only because I'm a huge proponent of the Queen's English. If you notice, when I quote anything about a lightsabre, I'll spell it the way it was spelled, which almost always means I'll add a [sic] after the American spelling. You can make a TV set and call it the Enterprise and it's okay. Patent laws don't protect the name at all. If you grow a plant that looks just like the Star Trek USS Enterprise, it's okay too. I think you cannot make a real spacecraft called the Enterprise, because I believe that NASA actually owns that trademark for spacecraft. Back in the late 70s they actually made a spacecraft called the Enterprise. It was the first space shuttle. Unfortunately, it never made it to launch because of design flaws, thus the Columbia became the first Space Shuttle, but the Enterprise was the first working draft. However, since NASA is a US government agency, I'm not sure how much claim they have on such things. Galaxy Quest didn't have to change as much as they did. They did it for two reasons: 1 - to avoid Paramount even trying anything, thus saving them the headache, and 2 - to have more fun with it and be more creative. On Renderosity, you can get away with This close. That's Clint's hisself's. In Free Stuff you can get away with a heap more, for two reasons: 1) derivative works are usually okay if they're not-for-profit. This is called 'fan art'. Generally if an author hasn't said fan art isn't okay, it's considered okay. Fan Art is not a legal term, but it's a commonly held societal convention and as such it does have some legal basis and will usually be considered by a judge. 2) If there's no profit made directly from something, you can't be sued for royalties, and thus most companies won't bother unless your work in some way disgraces their work. If LucasArts wanted they could send me a cease and desist notice and almost all of my Star Wars free stuff would come down (and I'd replace it quickly with deliberate not-quites). They won't, I'm pretty sure, because LucasArts has officially sanctioned the making of SW fanfics including farn art and movies and things to help the making of movies, as long as they don't charge a profit. Well, my SW props can help to make animated movies. As to the Michael thing, yes, it would cause an uproar. But I'd be completely within my legal rights and the Product Submission Guidelines, too. However, it's also important that I could not call it the Millenium Man or Michael because those are DAZ Trademarked terms for their figure (and it's an applicable Trademark, because it's the same kind of product). 'Mikey' on the other hand, well, that might be fair game B^)