Readers here shouldn’t need to be reminded that the Tolkien Estate, through its company Middle-Earth Enterprises, is known to be extremely aggressive with its enforcement of intellectual prop…
They’d have to get a court to accept the case first, and all you’d have to do is show up with a printout of the trademark law. You wouldn’t even need a lawyer.
The bigger company isn’t likely to sue because getting their lawyers involved beyond a cease and decist letter is likely to cost more than the fight is worth.
Yes, but trademarks only apply to a single industry in the US.
I could open a coffee shop called Ford Motor Company, and Ford couldn’t do a damn thing about it.
Not sure how it works in NZ, though.
Being a much bigger company, they could sue you out of existence without ever needing to reach a judgment.
They’d have to get a court to accept the case first, and all you’d have to do is show up with a printout of the trademark law. You wouldn’t even need a lawyer.
The bigger company isn’t likely to sue because getting their lawyers involved beyond a cease and decist letter is likely to cost more than the fight is worth.