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2000ad suspected IP infringement thread

Started by The Enigmatic Dr X, 06 August, 2010, 12:48:47 PM

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The Enigmatic Dr X

Given the frequency  of thse things, I wonder if we should have one place to report suspicions? I realise we may get some false positives, but maybe one place to have them is sensible and if there is no problem the report can be deleted?

And, with that, I give you:

http://www.zazzle.co.uk/cultculture/2000ad+gifts

Found 'cos I was looking for a mousepad, if any merc-droids are looking on. No mention of official licences.
Lock up your spoons!


Richmond Clements

Excellent idea for a thread! I think I'll sticky it.

radiator

QuotePLEASE NOTE THIS ITEM IS FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

:lol:

SmallBlueThing

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James Stacey

Zazzle is just like Cafepress you can upload anything and they print to order.

Professor Bear

I like the optimism they display by doing female versions of that shirt.

Dandontdare

They're not exactly stunning designs are they?

w3bz

Will make the bosses aware of commendable actions :D

The Enigmatic Dr X

Quote from: w3bz on 06 August, 2010, 02:30:47 PM
Will make the bosses aware of commendable actions :D

Tell them to accept my script submissions, too.
Lock up your spoons!

BPP

Your going to have a hard time alleging that the word Dredd is a (C) infringement when no design rights (the font) or graphic image is being used. Judge Dredd would be a delimited trademark, Dredd without an illusion to the comic or even comics per say (ie COMICS ICONS #1: DREDD) very unlikely to be one at all (regardless of registering, you would have a hard time advocating to an adjudicator that the term Dredd covers all contexts).

Am off to make mi 'ALPHA' tshirts up now....
If I'd known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.

http://futureshockd.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/FutureShockd

The Enigmatic Dr X

#11
Isn't Dredd a trademark? If not, then on a site with a url ending "2000ad+gifts" I think it would be shooty-in to show that it was creating sufficient confusion among customers to establish infringement of "Judge Dredd".

The site even uses 2000ad as a meta-tag.

Heck, I found it because I was looking for a Judge Dredd mousepad - how much more do you need?
Lock up your spoons!

Dandontdare

as discussed elseewhere, there's a pornstar calls himself Dredd - if Rebellion sue him, that's a court case I'd like to sit in on!

Richmond Clements

Quotethat's a court case I'd like to sit in on!

Expert witness?

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