Marvel and DC Enforce "Superhero" Trademark

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 20, 2006 @03:37AM from the stupid-legal-moves dept.

An anonymous reader writes "GeekPunk is announcing that their flagship comic book title featuring superheroes patronizing their favorite bar & grill during their off-hours will now be entitled Hero Happy Hour beginning with the fifth issue of the ongoing series. According to creator Dan Taylor, "The decision to change the title was brought upon by the fact that we received a letter from the trademark counsel to 'the two big comic book companies' claiming that they are the joint owners of the trademark 'SUPER HEROES' and variations thereof." " Read the recent boingboing post for more background as well.

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foed: gulogulo by ediron2 · 2006-03-20 05:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wow... you really ARE smarter than GBS *AND* the entire planet's accumulation of AI experts and linguists. There REALLY IS just one way to translate anything between two languages.

Just because you say it twice.
Re:Holy ruined comics Batman! by heinousjay · 2006-03-20 08:49 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Good answer. So your offtopic rant was for nothing at all? And the insult was nice and original as well. Maybe next time, if I am actually crying, it'll work better.

I don't really care how many nerds consider me a dick. Regular people like me just fine, and that's good enough for me.

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