How are we defining millionaire here? Depending on where you live, having a million assets is not even close to being rich, especially if it's...
After running out of space yet again, I bought a second set of Billy's. I took the doors off of the originals, then cut the backs off the news...
Coming Down the Pike FYI, there's some more clarification coming from FP in very short order. Hopefully it'll calm things down a bit.
The guy from Australia has a better understanding of this that 99% of the Americans here? I'm guessing this is germane to your industry and not...
You gone before?
It would be interesting to see the differences between English/UK IP law and the US. Have you read anything on this?
Most of what you said here I agree with and I've said much of the same througout this thread. As for.what looks like what, it's entirely...
We're pretty much on the same page then. The stuff that bothers me is the counterfeit stuff, where it's presented as real, vintage toys (dinos,...
No. No they aren't. They could give a shit. There's no emotion in this for them, it's a business decision. Some of you seem to think Hasbro is...
I very much disagree with you on Jetfire, we'll have to agree to disagree. As for Sideways & Sideswipe, they're both substantialy different...
Why is anyone assuming that Hasbro did not get a license for the G1 cars? I don't think anyone here knows what happened back then.
You're completely wrong on this. G1 Jetfie was licensed from Bandai. Classics Jetfire looks NOTHING like a Valkyrie and it meant to look like...
One of my friends has gotten to the point where he has basically EVERYTHING, Hasbro and Takara. Now he collects KOs, bootlegs and 3rd party items...
Heh. I've never heard of parady being used for fair use on standard goods. Usually it's music, movies, TV shows, magazines or radio, those kind...
You make a pretty good point about China's burgeoning economy and the growth of internal demand. However, you totally lose it with the Hasbro...
That's pretty much it. I used the City Commander as an example a few pages back. Basically, it comes down to how 'substantially similar' they...
You seem to be interested, so here's a couple more for you that are on this topic: Substantial similarity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Name is trademark, story copyright. I *think* the character design falls under trademark, but I'm not 100% certain. I can't see it being...
rodimusminor, Amen brother. WTF. Annoying. The Jimmy - YouTube
Isn't some of that were they're claiming the corporation is the creator, and since the 'creator' is still alive, the expiration timer hasn't...
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