Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 19, 2015 20:03:55 GMT -6
www.bleedingcool.com/2015/01/19/newscorp-settles-with-san-diego-comic-con-during-salt-lake-comic-con-court-case/
Newscorp Settles With San Diego Comic Con During Salt Lake Comic Con Court Case
As Reed Pop acquires ECCC to sit alongside C2E2 and NYCC, and Wizard World brings in Pittsburgh Comicon (does any of that money go to convicted murderer, founder and owner, Michael George?) comic convention moves are making the news again.
The Salt Lake Tribune recently reported on the continuing trademark lawsuit between San Diego Comic Con and Salt Lake City Comic Con.
Party to Salt Lake case was the publisher Newspaper Agency Corp, who just settled with San Diego Comic Con and have withdrawn from the lawsuit as a result.
The paper reports “As part of that settlement, Newspaper Agency Corp. cannot produce anything for a comic convention that looks “confusingly similar” to San Diego’s trademark, if San Diego wins its federal lawsuit against Salt Lake.”
Now that’s not quite true, In actuality, the settlement is now in effect. It only becomes void should San Diego Comic Con not prevail in the other lawsuit.
Technically, San Diego Comic-Con only has the hyphenated version trademarked. Salt Lake Comic Con’s organizers have long contended that they should be able to use “Comic Con” in their name, without the hyphen, since the term is generic. But San Diego’s legal team argues that the similarity has confused people into thinking that Salt Lake’s event is somehow associated with the larger California convention.
Last year, members of Salt Lake’s defense firm remarked that Adler has a reputation for pushing hard to see cases settle. If the parties can’t settle, Salt Lake Comic Con has asked that the case go before a jury.
San Diego has suggested that Salt Lake rebrand Salt Lake Comic Con with the name of its other event, FanX. But Salt Lake organizers have pointed out that more than 24 other conventions around the country use “Comic Con” in their names as well, including the second-largest comic convention in the country, New York Comic Con.
Checking in on their trademark registration, Salt Lake is currently battling with the authorities over the registration of their title due to its geographic focus and generic nature of “Con”. While San Diego continues to register San Diego Comic Con International and Comic-Con separately.
Newscorp Settles With San Diego Comic Con During Salt Lake Comic Con Court Case
As Reed Pop acquires ECCC to sit alongside C2E2 and NYCC, and Wizard World brings in Pittsburgh Comicon (does any of that money go to convicted murderer, founder and owner, Michael George?) comic convention moves are making the news again.
The Salt Lake Tribune recently reported on the continuing trademark lawsuit between San Diego Comic Con and Salt Lake City Comic Con.
Party to Salt Lake case was the publisher Newspaper Agency Corp, who just settled with San Diego Comic Con and have withdrawn from the lawsuit as a result.
The paper reports “As part of that settlement, Newspaper Agency Corp. cannot produce anything for a comic convention that looks “confusingly similar” to San Diego’s trademark, if San Diego wins its federal lawsuit against Salt Lake.”
Now that’s not quite true, In actuality, the settlement is now in effect. It only becomes void should San Diego Comic Con not prevail in the other lawsuit.
Technically, San Diego Comic-Con only has the hyphenated version trademarked. Salt Lake Comic Con’s organizers have long contended that they should be able to use “Comic Con” in their name, without the hyphen, since the term is generic. But San Diego’s legal team argues that the similarity has confused people into thinking that Salt Lake’s event is somehow associated with the larger California convention.
Last year, members of Salt Lake’s defense firm remarked that Adler has a reputation for pushing hard to see cases settle. If the parties can’t settle, Salt Lake Comic Con has asked that the case go before a jury.
San Diego has suggested that Salt Lake rebrand Salt Lake Comic Con with the name of its other event, FanX. But Salt Lake organizers have pointed out that more than 24 other conventions around the country use “Comic Con” in their names as well, including the second-largest comic convention in the country, New York Comic Con.
Checking in on their trademark registration, Salt Lake is currently battling with the authorities over the registration of their title due to its geographic focus and generic nature of “Con”. While San Diego continues to register San Diego Comic Con International and Comic-Con separately.