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They could just create a theme park instead...
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:37 pm
by bugfreezer
Re: They could just create a theme park instead...
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:21 pm
by eddiecanuck
Heard about this a few days ago. Talk about absurd. Like the article said, now that the film is grossing upwards of 1 billion dollars, now the mayor wants a piece.
If not, then why isn't he going to sue DC comics, or any of the other movie's directors? How do you even sue someone on a different continent? I'm sure there is a way, I just don't know about it. Wonder if there is a town of Superman, or Spiderman?
Re: They could just create a theme park instead...
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:01 pm
by miftah
Does anyone actually believe this will get to trial? Since when is a city's name a binding trademark?
I smell a publicity stunt.
Re: They could just create a theme park instead...
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:25 pm
by bugfreezer
eddiecanuck wrote:If not, then why isn't he going to sue DC comics, or any of the other movie's directors?
He may already have done:
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from the Guardian wrote:"Absent from the campaign in Batman has been the mayor, Huseyin Kalkan, who was awarded damages by DC Comics after a lawsuit over the use of his town's name for the superhero Batman."
- There is not much corroborative evidence of this, mind you.
I'm waiting for him to sue Mars Corp. for the use of the brand name Kal-Kan...except I think that they don't use that now.