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DC Comics Vs BBC International Over Flash Lights

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BBC International is not the broadcasting company we know and love, but a footwear firm.

Previously, they had run up against Marvel Comics over BBC's attempts to trademark the black silhouetted image of a spider for their footwear products and, after much to-and-froing, abandoned their claim.

But as a result, they became a licensor to Marvel Comics, selling character-based shoes (as long as they're not X-Men or Fantastic Four, obviously).

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Could something similar happen with their next battle? Attempting to register the words "Flash Lights" and this image for new shoes…

 

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… they have been challenged by DC Comics, who might see a similarity with one of their own trademarks, as modelled by a representative of Warner Bros.

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Could this be the start of another beautiful trademark friendship?

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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