User blog comment:ZombieBird4000/A Weekly News! 2/@comment-4189499-20140122102928

I heard someone else mention the headline as well. But the idea of copyrighting the word "Candy" is simply ludicrous and probably couldn't stand up in court because it's a commonly used word for things other than the game, and the word has existed for at least decades, if not centuries, before the game was produced.