trade marked orc design

Komatsu · 2016-04-01T20:59:41

Whenever I picture an orc I see the classic Blizzard Orc. Green with small pointy ears overly large square jaw and big teeth. Blizzard has used the same iconic orc design since they were doing 2d adventure games. All the way up to world of warcraft and beyond. When I see the design or people who try and create orcs I stiIl think that is classic blizzard orc. In fact its so iconic its actually hard to create a unique looking orc that doesnt look like a blizzard orc and still have it look like an orc. So my question is how much of this classic orc design is copyright. Its so iconic and hard to get away from the classic blizzard orc and still consider it a orc. heck even today a orc looks strange to me if it isnt green.