Y'know, there's a right way to behave and a wrong way to behave. I certainly never claim to be perfect on that score, but on the whole the difference has seemed pretty obvious to me.
AWA never sued the people behind Furry Weekend Atlanta, mainly because Lloyd is incredibly averse to conflict of any type and trusts that everyone else will behave similarly. The idea that somebody would A) wrong him and B) demand a response, well, it just won't get to B.
I prefer the Capone "Chicago way" myself. I don't do Ravenous Bug Blatter beast.
Not that AWA would have prevailed in court. But probably. Trademarks are interesting to fight over. We'll never know on that one.
Expo's C&Ds sounds to me like they had a lawyer on retainer and he or she found something billable to do. Not only one con stepping on the trademark but TWO! Holy crap it's a trademark conspiracy!!! Fire the C&D cannon!
Meanwhile somebody is starting up/has started a new con called Wonderfest in San Francisco. It seems I've heard that name before somewhere. HMMM.
I just don't see how it serves anything. I suppose there might be a guilt by association-- people might assume "Furry Weekend Atlanta" is related to AWA, to the point of having at least some of the same directors... And since it isn't, anything bad FWA did would unjustly spill over. But lawsuits? When a friendly "please don't do that" in the first place would have sufficed? That's just bad press.
There was an "Anime Weekend Nashville", some kind of one day thing that was part of a Creation style comic book show. Lasted one year. In fact I don't even know if it ever came to pass, all I saw was a flyer. If it had gone any further I think we would have had words.
But Furry Weekend Atlanta, it's different enough, I don't think there's any danger of confusion.
Well, you either defend your brand or trademark, or you don't.
This is why Coke is suing Pepsi because some orange juice bottles look similar. Not identical. But close enough to cause confusion, at least in Coke's opinion.
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Date: 2010-10-29 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-29 03:30 am (UTC)I prefer the Capone "Chicago way" myself. I don't do Ravenous Bug Blatter beast.
Not that AWA would have prevailed in court. But probably. Trademarks are interesting to fight over. We'll never know on that one.
Expo's C&Ds sounds to me like they had a lawyer on retainer and he or she found something billable to do. Not only one con stepping on the trademark but TWO! Holy crap it's a trademark conspiracy!!! Fire the C&D cannon!
Meanwhile somebody is starting up/has started a new con called Wonderfest in San Francisco. It seems I've heard that name before somewhere. HMMM.
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Date: 2010-10-29 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-29 03:16 pm (UTC)But Furry Weekend Atlanta, it's different enough, I don't think there's any danger of confusion.
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Date: 2010-10-30 06:42 am (UTC)This is why Coke is suing Pepsi because some orange juice bottles look similar. Not identical. But close enough to cause confusion, at least in Coke's opinion.