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GilbertsGrape
07-09-2005, 07:48 PM
my wife's uncle started a band called "Risky Business" will there be any copyright violations using that name because there is a movie with the same name?
Grimm
07-09-2005, 07:55 PM
Yes. If the company that owns the movie decides they want to enforce it they can step on them bigtime.
MikeD
07-09-2005, 09:16 PM
I'm not a lawyer, but the logical answer would be yes...
zippyjuan
07-09-2005, 09:56 PM
How about if they put an "F" in front of it?
Gothic Girl
07-09-2005, 11:26 PM
Yeah, I would think so too. There was a band called Green Jello, but Jello had a complete hissy fit, and sued them. So they had to change thier name to Green Jelly.
ShawnLee
07-09-2005, 11:53 PM
Yeah, I think there's an argument to be made legally. I say that they go ahead and do it until they get sued, and if then, go the route of Save Ferris and choose a name that's referential to Risky Business, but not Risky Business itself.
Gothic Girl
07-09-2005, 11:57 PM
what about calling themselves Rizky Bidnez? :heh:
Merlin
07-10-2005, 08:01 AM
They should be fine as there is no reasonable way for one to be mistaked for the other.

As for the green Jello reference above...Jello is a trademark and that makes a difference.
GilbertsGrape
07-11-2005, 06:56 AM
They should be fine as there is no reasonable way for one to be mistaked for the other.

As for the green Jello reference above...Jello is a trademark and that makes a difference.


That is what i thought two differnt industries.... and the one is not making a finical impact on the other????
cheapie
07-11-2005, 07:21 AM
They should be fine as there is no reasonable way for one to be mistaked for the other.

As for the green Jello reference above...Jello is a trademark and that makes a difference.



:stupid: good explaination.
WhiskeyPapa
07-11-2005, 07:31 AM
How about this one... Later this summer I'm leaving my day job to start a video production business. I seriously want to call it "Famous Davis Productions" but I'm afraid I'll run into problems with the Famous Dave's restaurant chain. Am I begging for a fight?
Merlin
07-11-2005, 07:49 AM
Seems like they are both in different lines of business and the names are different. I doubt a reasonable person would confuse the two - especially if you have different trade dress (company logos and colors)
cheapie
07-11-2005, 07:54 AM
how about davis & busters?
Merlin
07-11-2005, 08:21 AM
how about davis & busters?
In what type of business?
cheapie
07-11-2005, 08:21 AM
i'm just kidding papa. cuz it's so close to dave & busters.