@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 4 months ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.commessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1435
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minus-square@leftzerolinkEnglish28•4 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-24 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•4 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 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.