03-17-2005, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GreyGTV6
Company lawyers can be really cranky and jump on the smallest person or thing. A restaurant called "De Nero's" was shut down in Vancouver for trading on a famous name. Though how you believe you have the sole rights to a name is unbelievable. Needless to say I don't pay to watch a De Nero movie in personal protest.
So there is no guarantee that Alfa would protest, but I think it's in the spirit that names and trademarks are used.
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In the movie biz the first thing most departments do is a legal search and clearance for any name from scripts, personal names or for a business establishment. One has no idea how many hoops we jumped thru just to name a restaurant and jazz club such as "The Blue Note" a natural,right? But because there was one already in Japan we could not use it. So involved it was it took up to 4 years and hundreds of iterations to name dozens of establishments in the theme park.
Trump tried to get "Your'e Fired" copyrighted. But DeNiro does own a restaurant "Tribeca" in the tribeca area of NYC. I can see his point. Was the family name of the owner's "De Nero" which would be french derivation (to me) a family name or not? It makes a difference. The obvious play on words is one thing but the misappropriation of the generic is shameful.There are continuing lawsuits over the "Original Ray's Pizza" in NY,there are dozens of them.
This society is getting crazier by the year,more and more litigious and greedy.
Missing some good movies though.
Shakespeare had it right. Sorry to any of you Alfisti lawyers.
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Last edited by alfaross69; 03-17-2005 at 11:05 PM.
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