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Technically he had the name first, it's why the show had to add "the last Airbender" Cameron had applied for a copyright on "Avatar" well before the show.
Are you just making shit up now? Airbender is from 2005 and Cameron's is from 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(franchise)
Edit: I apologize, Siethron is correct. See link further down.
No, it's easily Googleable. Cameron had been working on Avatar conceptually since the 90s and already had the copyright for the title before 2004 when Nickelodeon tried to get it.
I guess you're right, but this is interesting:
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/avatar-add-last-airbender-title-james-cameron-rights-1235451817/