Re-Animator versus the Lawyers
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008It seems that a company out there has trademarked “Re-Animator” and is fighting comic book companies from publishing anything having to do with the term. This company, known as Re_Animator LLC, trademarked the term in 2005, several years after the movies came out, and many decades after the original stories.
It may seem crazy to Re-Animator fans to think that a company that had nothing to do with the classic films could actually claim ownership of the “Re-Animator” brand and threaten to stop anyone else from creating comics, films or merchandise with the word ‘reanimator’ or ‘re-animator’ in it- even the actual producer of the films that created the brand—but in this wacky world that is exactly what has happened.
My personal thoughts on this? ”Wow. This goes beyond stupid. To take something that has been around for so long, trademark it, then go after companies that produced products well before the trademark that should never have been given in the first place for sheer stupidity. I’m going to trademark Dorian Grey… or shoe… From now on youhave to wear foot apparel products!”
And you know what else?
Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator Re-Animator!
Read more about the stupidity at IO9
