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Equipment Boards => Lane #1 => Topic started by: MegaMav on March 12, 2007, 08:45:04 AM

Title: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: MegaMav on March 12, 2007, 08:45:04 AM
Someone better get their checkbook after Richie gets ahold of this one...

http://bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=3093

Edited on 3/12/2007 4:46 PM
Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: Danes07 on March 12, 2007, 04:50:41 PM
when was the ball released? Maybe its gonna be Richie reaching for his checkbook....I can only hope.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: BrunsNick on March 12, 2007, 04:54:42 PM
Ohhh Noooo
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: JOE FALCO on March 12, 2007, 04:55:13 PM
Don't think you can sue if the ball is NAMED the same .. don't see the core mentioned!
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: Grayson on March 12, 2007, 05:08:19 PM
even better:
http://bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=1088

gg
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: NappyCuts on March 12, 2007, 05:14:29 PM
Since when was the name G-Force copyrighted? Not much of a case here.
Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: BBR-Bill on March 12, 2007, 08:10:17 PM
There is no lawsuit possible.  This ball is made overseas, and there is no international copyright for the name.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: triggerman on March 14, 2007, 09:48:41 AM
quote:
names cannot be copyrighted. nobody has a leg to stand on either way in this situation if thinking about suing. doesn't matter if overseas or here.
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no but a name can be trademarked

copyrights and trademarks hold up a whole lot better in court
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: dizzyfugu on March 14, 2007, 09:55:41 AM
As far as I know, you cannot legally block the name "G-Force" as a brand. If you wnat to protect it, you have to link it with an area of use, e. g. sporting goods, bowling balls or nuclear warfare.

Then, you will have to register your trademark for a region or country. In some areas like the EC you can have a legal protection for the whole region, but most of the times you will need to have national protection with individual registrations - costly and very time consuming.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: Bjaardker on March 14, 2007, 11:39:43 AM
Sorry,

This name was taken way before all of these bowling balls.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002XL2U2.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

GEEEE FORCE!
Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: triggerman on March 14, 2007, 12:06:08 PM
if a company were to copyright or trademark a name on a bowling ball they could effectively block any otherbowling ball company from using the same name

enough said
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: Broncobiv on March 14, 2007, 08:42:24 PM
quote:
Sorry,

This name was taken way before all of these bowling balls.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002XL2U2.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

GEEEE FORCE!

Wow, they're an exact copy of these guys...2 stern leader-type men, a fat guy, a woman, and a kid:

http://web.mit.edu/9.29/www/voltron.jpg

Wonder which series was first?  Because they're virtually carbon copies.
Title: Re: Lane #1 Lawsuit Alert!
Post by: Bjaardker on March 16, 2007, 01:34:46 PM
quote:

Wow, they're an exact copy of these guys...2 stern leader-type men, a fat guy, a woman, and a kid:

http://web.mit.edu/9.29/www/voltron.jpg

Wonder which series was first?  Because they're virtually carbon copies.


G force was first. After it was off the air I watched tranzor Z for a while, then voltron was on & I watched that.