Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Here's an interesting story. The Atlanta Braves baseball club is upset about the name of the Disney / Pixar movie 'Brave.' <a href="http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-pixars-brave-involved-trademark-dispute-atlanta-braves-18929/" target="_blank">http://www.stitchkingdom.com/d...s-18929/</a> Should be interesting to see how it all plays out.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne It kind of seems a bit ridiculous to me. The film will use that name world wide- in many countries that don't follow baseball and have no idea who/ what the Atlanta team are. Plus I'm always baffled when people try and trademark words like this. A common word used in everyday speech. The film has nothing to do with baseball and I fail to see how it will in anyway damage the Atlanta Braves image.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Well, this is funny. Google "brave" and you will find five entries for the new Pixar film, followed by the official web site of... the Atlanta Braves. Maybe the team is annoyed that Pixar has knocked them down to the middle of the page!
Originally Posted By basil fan Maybe the Braves should sue America to stop calling themselves the "Home of the Brave."
Originally Posted By schnebs Animated red-haired Scottish woman, real-lfe Atlanta baseball team. Yep, I can see where someone might get the two confused. :\
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan see also: San Francisco Giants v. Gulliver's Travels San Diego Chargers v. MasterCard Dallas Cowboys v. Cowboys & Aliens New Orleans Saints v. Boondock Saints Pittsburgh Pirates v. Hook Houston Astros v. John Houston UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs v. Chiquita Kramer vs. Kramer v. Kramer on Seinfeld Rose Bowl v. War of the Roses New England Patriots v. Patriot Act New England patriots v. England Cybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil et al Joe v. Volcano Peanut Butter on Chocolate v. Chocolate on Peanut Butter
Originally Posted By dagobert That's ridiculous. Over here the movie will be called "Merida - Legende der Highlands" which translates into "Merida - Legend of the Highlands". There is also a bike manufacturer named Merida and now the jokes are coming, that this company will also sue Disney.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>>see also: San Francisco Giants v. Gulliver's Travels San Diego Chargers v. MasterCard Dallas Cowboys v. Cowboys & Aliens New Orleans Saints v. Boondock Saints Pittsburgh Pirates v. Hook Houston Astros v. John Houston UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs v. Chiquita Kramer vs. Kramer v. Kramer on Seinfeld Rose Bowl v. War of the Roses New England Patriots v. Patriot Act New England patriots v. England Cybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil v. Sybil et al Joe v. Volcano Peanut Butter on Chocolate v. Chocolate on Peanut Butter<<< You forgot: Supporters of the Oakland Athletics v. athletic supporters
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Really, they want to get tetchy over their name? They better be careful or several Native American groups may remember how much they dislike certain sports team names and a stink gets raised in their direction. They may also find themselves needing to locate a new Spring Training facility as WDW may be reluctant to host them.
Originally Posted By JeffG After reading the linked article, I don't really think this is all that ridiculous. It doesn't sound like the Braves are suing Disney over the use of the name or demanding that the title of the film be changed. The article says that the Braves have simply filed formal objections to some of Disney's trademark applications. There easily could be some overlap when it comes to merchandise (t-shirts, posters, books, etc.), so I can see where the Braves may want to get in front of any potential risk of Disney later trying to use trademarks to stop the Braves from using the name in some areas. -Jeff
Originally Posted By DyGDisney ^^^ You're right, Jeff. Disney wants to trademark as many forms of Brave as possible, but the Braves don't want any infringement on their name. No biggie I guess, and it's probably common. At first I thought they were trying to force a name change.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't think you can actually copyright a common word, or "own" it. You can copyright logos and graphics and trademark certain phrases, but "Brave" would be a tough one. Especially since Braves (plural) is how the Atlanta Braves usually use the name. They don't seem to use the name in a singular form much, if at all, so I'd be very surprised if they were to prevail in any way on this case. We'll see.
Originally Posted By JeffG Again, read the article. It is Disney that is trying to trademark the word, not the Braves organization. The Braves organization filed an objection to Disney's trademark application. -Jeff
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Right, I understand that, Jeff. I'm just saying that in my opinion, I don't think they've got much of a case, since they haven't used the singular form of the word on merchandise except for an out of print book up until now. But we'll see.
