Several possible legal issues are evident in the scenario. In this scenario, the name Hallowed would receive trademark protection because it is a word that distinguishes the product from others. A trademark means a design, a symbol, a phrase or a word or a mix of these that distinguishes and identifies the origin of a company's products from those of other companies. A trade dress basically refers to the visual impression created by the totality of each element used in the packaging or presentation of a service or good for sale. In essence, it gives the product an identifiable and distinct appearance (Jameson 212). The name Hallowed cannot be a trade dress as it is not a visual expression, but rather a name. The release of Halo 2 would have infringed their patent if Xavier and Trent had acquired a business process patent on their works. A business method or business process patent is essentially part of the utility patents that protect processes, formulas and inventions. Technically an idea cannot be patented. However, Trent and Xavier could have protected a...