trademark Archives

Published by Image/Wildstorm before the studio and publisher was bought out by DC comics, twelve issues were published over two years. Well, earlier this month, an application for a trademark was made for Divine Right by DC Comics for "DOWNLOADABLE PUBLICATIONS IN THE NATURE OF BOOKS FEATURING CHARACTERS FROM ANIMATED, ACTION ADVENTURE, COMEDY AND/OR DRAMA FEATURES,[...]

They already have the Marvelman trademark Well, possibly aware of how DC published "Shazam!" all those years starring a Captain Marvel, Marvel have now trademarked Marvelman's copy-cat cry "Kimota!" for use in; Comic books; magazines featuring printed stories in illustrated form and comic book stories and artwork; printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories[...]

Three things have happened very recently. One is that Neil Gaiman's opposition to Todd McFarlane's trademark registration for Miracleman was withdrawn. Because Todd McFarlane had abandoned his claim on Miracleman. Word Mark MIRACLEMAN Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 016 US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050 G & S: PRINTED MATTER, NAMELY, COMIC BOOKS AND POSTERS(ABANDONED) IC 025[...]

Yesterday, assistant commissioner of trademarks in New Zealand, Jenny Walden, as declared that Superloans character Buck does not infringe the Superman trademark of DC Comics/Warnr Bros The Dominion Post reports that Walden said that, "although it was clear Buck was a superhero because of his "exaggerated musculature", fitting body suit and his ability to fly, there[...]

While not illegal, this is the kind of thing that can be challenged by a trademark owner in a competitive field and, as in this case, the keyword is usually withdrawn by Twitter, or wheoever the ad seller happens to be. Today, DC have taken a slightly different tack They have bought the Twitter keywords Iron[...]

The Herald in Rock Hill reports an ongoing trademark battle between BATS BBQ, a barbeque restaurant in the area and DC Entertainment. Beau and Travis Broussard (the restaurant is an acronym of Beau And Travis'S) sougt to trademark their name and logo, only to receive an objection and a following Cease-And-Desist notice from the company, despite[...]