スターウォーズでは欠かせないライトセーバーについて、ディズニーの子会社のルーカスフィルムは譲れないところがあったと思いますが、訴訟提起もライセンス交渉のうちの1つの手段かなとも思います。なおカリフォルニア州北地区連邦地裁(NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION)に提出された訴状(Case 3:16-cv-05968 Document 1 Filed 10/14/16 )を見ると、商標権侵害(Trademark Infringement)、出所についての虚偽(False Designation of Origin)、連邦商標希釈化(Federal Trademark Dilution)、ドメイン不当占拠(Cybersquatting)、不正競争防止の州法( Unfair Competition Under California Unfair Business Practices Act and Common Law)、州法の商標希釈化(Dilution Under California Law)を訴因として挙げております。
Lucasfilm, one of the main companies behind the Star Wars franchise, is suing a California man whose companies offer lightsaber classes, a Jedi school, and various related events. According to the movie outfit, the companies continue to infringe its various trademarks, despite explicit objections.
A provision of federal trademark law excludes the registration of “scandalous, immoral, or disparaging marks.” This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the ‘Slants’ case and decide whether this sort of limitation on what may be trademarked is constitutional.
商標法条約(Trademark Law Treaty)に中米のグアテマラ共和国が2016年9月12日に加入しております。商標法条約が効力を発揮するのは、2016年12月12日からとなります。
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, on September 12, 2016, of its instrument of accession to the Trademark Law Treaty, done at Geneva on October 27, 1994.The Trademark Law Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of Guatemala, on December 12, 2016.