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[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Trademark law would apply. Tolkien estate presumably never used or even registered them as trademarks.

Another comment mentions Droid phone. In that case, Lucasfilm had registered “Droid” as a trademark.