The stupidity boggles the mind...

[ninamonkey]

Hum. Well, for once I'm speechless.

Town of "Batman" sues for copyright infringement.

...yes, seriously.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world, folks. And it just gets crazier.

http://wizbangpop.com/2008/11/13/town-of-batman-suing-batman-over-use-of-batman.php

Comments

[sabra_n]

International aspects of copyright are way beyond my ken, but the name of a town doesn't exactly seem copyrightable. When you have a single word you want to protect for commercial purposes you can use trademark, which I don't doubt DC and WB have, but copyright is tied in with whatever medium it's fixed on- film, paper, whatever. And a town name isn't fixed on a medium. And it's only one word, for crying out loud. This is nutty.

/intellectual property geekery

[ninamonkey]

Oops! Aheh - I missed your email. ;) I agree, town names are just that! Lol. And...I doubt they'll win their case.