MarvelComics to Sue Makers of Pens, Pencils - P2P-Zone

multi · 23-11-04, 05:12 AM

Los Angeles – Soon after its lawsuit against the two companies behind the popular online superhero game City of Heroes, Marvel Enterprises has announced more lawsuits targeted at producers of pens and other writing instruments.

The Enemy"It's the same principle," Marvel's lawyers explained. "Just as NCSoft's and Cryptic's game, with its excessively customizable character editor, allowed players to create accurate renditions of our trademarks, so too, do pens allow for pictures of our characters to be drawn and keyboards allow the names of our characters to be typed."

Bic, among the largest maker of pens and office supplies in the world, had this to say, "We do not market our products to people wishing to plagiarize or infringe on copyrights, but we cannot be held accountable for what our customers do."

Harold Nobowitz, speaking for Marvel, rebutted. "We must protect our intellectual property. I mean, anyone can take one of these ballpoint pens and draw a convincing picture that someone might mistake as the real McCoy." He then proceeded to quickly draw a picture of two of Marvel's popular characters, Wolverine and Collosus, in a rude pose. "You see, anyone could have drawn this, and someone who sees it might then think ill of Wolvie and Collosus. That could harm Marvel's IP!"

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JackSpratts · 23-11-04, 09:07 AM

bout time somebody went after those pen and pencil cartels. i can't tell you how much trouble those things tried to give me in skewl.

- js.

23-11-04, 05:12 AM	#1
multi Thanks for being with arse Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The other side of the world Posts: 10,343	MarvelComics to Sue Makers of Pens, Pencils Los Angeles – Soon after its lawsuit against the two companies behind the popular online superhero game City of Heroes, Marvel Enterprises has announced more lawsuits targeted at producers of pens and other writing instruments. The Enemy"It's the same principle," Marvel's lawyers explained. "Just as NCSoft's and Cryptic's game, with its excessively customizable character editor, allowed players to create accurate renditions of our trademarks, so too, do pens allow for pictures of our characters to be drawn and keyboards allow the names of our characters to be typed." Bic, among the largest maker of pens and office supplies in the world, had this to say, "We do not market our products to people wishing to plagiarize or infringe on copyrights, but we cannot be held accountable for what our customers do." Harold Nobowitz, speaking for Marvel, rebutted. "We must protect our intellectual property. I mean, anyone can take one of these ballpoint pens and draw a convincing picture that someone might mistake as the real McCoy." He then proceeded to quickly draw a picture of two of Marvel's popular characters, Wolverine and Collosus, in a rude pose. "You see, anyone could have drawn this, and someone who sees it might then think ill of Wolvie and Collosus. That could harm Marvel's IP!" link __________________ i beat the internet - the end boss is hard Secret Temple of It

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23-11-04, 09:07 AM	#2
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	bout time somebody went after those pen and pencil cartels. i can't tell you how much trouble those things tried to give me in skewl. - js.