Saturday, 12. September 2009
Topic: HOLLYWALD - on September 12, 2009 at 12:34:00 PM CEST
Disney Sued For Selling The Pixar Lamp... And The Lawsuit Makes Sense
We usually focus on trademark lawsuits that make no sense at all... but effective trademark law exists to prevent confusion among consumers (i.e., it's really more of a consumer protection law, rather than an "intellectual property" law) and thus there are plenty of reasonable trademark infringement lawsuits out there. This appears to be one of them. Lamp maker Luxo is apparently suing Disney for selling real versions of Pixar's iconic computer animated lamp.
