You may have heard of a little movie called Star Wars. If you haven’t, well, I’ve got some movies for you to borrow. The film was released in 1977, and soon spawned a trilogy of movies that are among the most popular film franchises in the world. Fast forward forty years and eight of the
Star Wars: The Missing Fanfare
-Wes Anderson, Attorney
A bit belated, but I finally caught a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Unbeknownst to me, the film was missing a part of the Star Wars experience many fans hold dear. And it’s all about branding.
Note: No spoilers of the film itself follow here, unless you consider a discussion
Enforcement of U.S. Copyrights in the U.K.
Simon Bennett, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property, Fox Williams LLP, Solicitors
George Lucas defeat over Stormtrooper helmet design replicas creates ability to enforce U.S. copyrights in the UK.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled against George Lucas’ company Lucasfilm in the latest episode in a copyright and designs
Droid Does Poor Billboard Placement
–Dan Kelly, Attorney
Continuing on my previous comments that the entity(-ies) responsible for the Droid phone (i.e. Verizorolagoogasfilm, or whatever the consortium of Verizon, Motorola, Google, and Lucasfilm is going by these days) are not necessarily following the “don’t be evil” motto, the billboard below, found along a very busy interstate, strikes me as poorly
Droid: An “Eye” Phone?
–Dan Kelly, Attorney
As Steve has noted, I find it amusing that the Droid phone from Verizon licenses DROID from Lucasfilm Ltd. To my mind, the Droid “eye” theme is a poor imitation of another famous fantasy character: the Eye of Sauron, from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. When I see