MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down118
arrow-up1379arrow-down1external-link6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comMrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 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-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 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-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 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-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThanks for actually doing the research.
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.