MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square201fedilink
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·5 months 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-25 months 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-up8·5 months 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-up14·5 months 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-up8·5 months 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.