Steve McQueen’s descendants are suing Ferrari for marketing autos around the image of the iconic actor without compensating the family. The Italian sports car company profited unfairly from the actor’s legacy in 2017 when it sold “The McQueen,” a limited-edition model in connection with the 70th anniversary of Ferrari-branded cars, said the lawsuit, which was filed this week in a California state court.
商標登録insideNews: 中国にあふれる偽「K-Food」、韓国企業が共同で訴訟へ=韓国ネット「パクりが伝統文化?」| エキサイトニュース In the 1970s in Korea, children were enthusiastic about the animation “Robot Taekwon V”. For a long time, Japanese fans have given the unwelcome pronoun of ripping off the popular Japanese anime “Mazinger Z,” but the Seoul Central District Court recently ruled that “Taekwon V is not an imitation of Mazinger Z.”
Now the lawyers, with the firm Olson and Cepuritis Ltd., were demanding that he change the business’s name, website, logo and materials to cease using the words “Aloha” and “Aloha Poke” immediately. “Aloha Poke [Co.] would prefer to settle this matter amicably and without court intervention,” the letter read. “We therefore request that you immediately stop all use of ‘Aloha’ and ‘Aloha Poke.’ ”
Wednesday’s ruling upheld the General Court’s judgment that “the acquisition of distinctive character by a mark that wa sinitially devoid of inherent distinctive character must be shown thoughout the EU, and not only in a substantial part of the territory of the EU.”