UM-Bot Posted April 16, 2022 #1 Share Posted April 16, 2022 The series - simply entitled 'UFO' - has become mired in legal problems over a trademark infringement lawsuit. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/356975/ufo-docuseries-is-hit-with-a-trademark-lawsuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfHawk Posted April 16, 2022 #2 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Isn't "UFO" too general a name to copyright? It's been in use since at least the 1940s/1950s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted April 16, 2022 #3 Share Posted April 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, WolfHawk said: Isn't "UFO" too general a name to copyright? It's been in use since at least the 1940s/1950s. Exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratbiter Posted April 16, 2022 #4 Share Posted April 16, 2022 And both are preceded by Gerry Andersons TV series UFO that aired in the 70's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted April 17, 2022 #5 Share Posted April 17, 2022 The acronym "UFO" was created by the US military. Where's their cut ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted April 17, 2022 #6 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I guess the easy way out would be to add 's on the end. I'd be telling them to U-FO, personally. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted April 17, 2022 #7 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Kind of interesting the magazine is suing Showtime for triple their profits on the series... yet left the production company of the series out of the suit. I'm going to hazard a guess that Story Mining & Supply Co wasn't worth suing for their 2018 movie of the same name. Maybe the movie didn't make enough for even a triple the profit kind of lawsuit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Liquid Gardens Posted April 18, 2022 #8 Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, rashore said: Kind of interesting the magazine is suing Showtime for triple their profits on the series... yet left the production company of the series out of the suit. I'm going to hazard a guess that Story Mining & Supply Co wasn't worth suing for their 2018 movie of the same name. Maybe the movie didn't make enough for even a triple the profit kind of lawsuit. I think you're right about that, although looks like Scully guest-starred in it which may be the most it has going for it. Not sure about why the prod company wasn't named unless Showtime maybe acquired all the rights to it from them. If they were warned about the infringement as the OP indicates, it seems like it would have been pretty easy for Showtime to avoid by just adding an additional word or maybe even letter like mentioned above to the title. Edited April 18, 2022 by Liquid Gardens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 19, 2022 #9 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) UFO, also the name of a great British TV series in the 70's Edited April 19, 2022 by OverSword 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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