MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square200linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down119
arrow-up1417arrow-down1external-link6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comMrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square200linkfedilink
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·2 years agoAren’t they aware that the TV series is based on a book series…? If anyone owns the name it’d be George R.R. Martin…
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 years agoDid he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series? Not that it matters for a passport. But it’s entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I don’t actually know
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agohttps://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00917519208 HBO owns it in the UK. Weirdly, I couldn’t find an active entry in the US database.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThanks for actually doing the research.
Aren’t they aware that the TV series is based on a book series…? If anyone owns the name it’d be George R.R. Martin…
Did he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series?
Not that it matters for a passport. But it’s entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.
I think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I don’t actually know
https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00917519208
HBO owns it in the UK. Weirdly, I couldn’t find an active entry in the US database.
Thanks for actually doing the research.