Comments on: Batman, Turkey Sues Nolan… over Batman

By: Juju

Juju — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:13:24 +0000

There must be a bunch of really pissed off birds out there that want to sue the country for being called Turkey.

By: HAZMAT_loves_gwyn_paltrow

HAZMAT_loves_gwyn_paltrow — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:21:09 +0000

you can only sue something if youre coca cola or “i cant believe its not butter” because its not a common name.
but you cant sue people if youre the singer “seal” or if youre the movie “hercules” becaouse those names are used all the time…like if a company was named “water”….they cant just own..”water”
but if its “mountain dew” then its a diferent story because thats a name no one ever uses unless talking about the drink

batman cant fucking be sued.

McRodneys.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:56:34 +0000

@Mike, I question the education that you are receiving. It is not legal for McDonalds to sue a McTown. Nor would it be legal for McDonalds to sue me if I decided to open a burgerchain called McRodney’s .

Their copyright and trademark cannot extend to obscure similarities. If it could then anything Scottish would instantly be a target for them to sue for having a Mc in the name.

City and Town names are not subject to copyright, nor do they hold copyright to stop others from using the name.

Your teacher is incorrect, or you misunderstood.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:46:09 +0000

we actually just studied this in marketing class. if the town was called McTown, mcdonald’s could legally sue them.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:34:55 +0000

You make it sound like they named the city after Batman the character.

Clearly in Turkey the words mean different things than you want to use them for.

There is a town called Elbow in Saskatchewan.. no one questions that.

@Dragonslayer, you might want to read the comments before you go flipping out on some commenter for something he didnt do. He said Batman is to boys like Twilight is to girls. He was not equating the two to each other.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:23:29 +0000

First off: NEVER COMPARE BATMAN TO TWILIGHT! DO IT AGAIN AND SO HELP ME I WILL TRACK YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU IN COLD BLOOD!!!!!!

(Well, not really, I’m just exaggerating, but never compare Batman to Twilight)

Second: Who the hell names their city Batman?

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:06:50 +0000

I think 790 was just comparing the draw of Twilight for girls is much like the inescapable draw of Batman for guys.

He wasn’t saying Twilight was like Batman.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:50:45 +0000

Twilight is a dumb emo movie. Batman isnt dude, get your facts straight!

By: 790

790 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:31:29 +0000

I swear if Scott toilet paper put the fricken batman logo on their product they would have people standing in line…

Batman is the male version of Twilight…

By: 790

790 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:28:22 +0000

I can’t believe this thread had garnered over 50 responses…