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Uri Geller sues Nintendo's Pokemon
The-Forge writes "In this article at IGN's Sci-Fi Network, everyone's favorite spoon bending psychic, Uri Geller, is sueing Nintendo over a Pokemon charcter. The Pokemon, #65, is named Alakazam. At this point, you're probably asking yourself why. In Japan this Pokemon is called Un-Geller and carries bent spoons around all the time. And the fact that Geller got mobbed when he went X-Mas shopping in Tokyo by kids wanting him to sign their Un-Geller Pokemon cards didn't help much either. " The great part of this whole deal is the dollar amount - Geller's asking for $97 million.
If this pokemon character can really bend spoons, then there is little similarity to Mr. Geller
I believe this is just the beginning of an evil plot by Nintendo to replace all the important and famous people in the world with Pokemon characters.
Picture if you would a grotesque little monster with greying hair named Clintoboinko that defeats his opponents by whipping out his... umm... on second thought, actually, don't picture that.
Uri Geller has a long history of filing lawsuits against anyone who criticize him, debunk him, or even just incorrectly describe his past. Witness, for example, his various suits against James "Amazing" Randi, who published The Truth About Uri Geller . I don't recall all the details of Geller's suits against Randi, but you can probably find more info at randi.org. Fortunately, Randi is a bulldog who doesn't let Geller intimidate him. The long and the short of it is that Geller is a fraud and will sue anyone who dares to say so.
--Jim
It is a simple case of deduction. Uri Geller is psychic, so he knows what will be the outcome. He wouldn't have placed the suit if he knew he would not win.
So we can all go home now...lawyers step aside, he is obviously more than you can handle.
V
Uri Geller has filed suit against Sarah Michelle Gellar, alleging "a conspiracy to defraud and confuse" the public. The main thrust of Geller's suit is that the uncanny similarity between their names and their involvement in the magic field "can't be a coincidence". Attorneys for Ms. Gellar responded with the statement "It's just a TV show, stupid. I mean, it's on the WB, and who even watches that? WB stations are usually in the UHF band, anyways."
In a related development, NSI responded by immediately placing all related domain names on hold.
- -Josh Turiel
-- Josh Turiel
"2. Do not eat iPod Shuffle."
Under U. S. Law, at least, Nitendo could make a case that they are satirizing a public figure and win the suit via fair comment. HUSTLER won when Jerry Fallwell sued over a very nasty satire of him. And the Simpsons have satired Ahhnold as Werner Wolfcastle for years with no fear of law suits.